On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Taunting. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as derisive or irritation and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Taunting meaning
present participle and gerund of taunt
Synonyms of Taunting
Using Taunting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of taunt
- Useful related words include: derisive, irritation, aggravation, taunt.
- In the example corpus, taunting often appears in combinations such as: taunting him, taunting and, for taunting.
Context around Taunting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Taunting
- In this selection, "taunting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laughing, website, crowd, investigators, line and glover stand out and add context to how "taunting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a friar taunting the stuck and a website taunting investigators. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "taunting" sits close to words such as alder, aphasia and aspirational, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with taunting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don’t miss this outrageous bingo experience with laughing, taunting, music, and prizes. (13 words)
Rey sat in on commentary, and Dominik would keep taunting his father throughout. (13 words)
Parents of Beloit high school boys basketball players cite taunting at game in Muskego. (14 words)
But then, Marsh was called for a taunting penalty after glaring at the Steelers’ sideline — a team he had spent that summer with in training camp — and then making contact with Corrente while coming off the field. (37 words)
A section of Victory fans were eager to show they hadn't yet moved on, taunting Glover throughout Saturday night's clash with songs referencing City's custodian being 'smashed by a bucket'. (33 words)
Columbia has become a hell for Jewish students, who have been insulted, threatened, bullied, assaulted and forced to run gauntlets of taunting students with masks and kaffiyehs calling for their genocide. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Reddit user has garnered over 100 upvotes on their screenshot that shows a fallen Kratos and a taunting line of dialogue from the boss that defeated him.
A section of Victory fans were eager to show they hadn't yet moved on, taunting Glover throughout Saturday night's clash with songs referencing City's custodian being 'smashed by a bucket'.
Ben was also taunting Margaret, telling her he had given more than £1m to Haughey.
Don’t miss this outrageous bingo experience with laughing, taunting, music, and prizes.
Grisham, 63, is well-known for his ultra- protests but recently took things to a new level by taunting children.
He did nothing to dull their interest, as he offered to help the FBI find the real killer, granted lengthy interviews to law enforcement and built a website taunting investigators.
Hey, the Oberhausen crowd taunting Danielson for being boring led him to taking Andy back down for another chinlock.
Letters taunting investigators and claiming to be from the “killer” first used the term “Jack the Ripper”.
Not content with simply killing Harry on the spot, he coerces the boy to properly fight him, taunting him about not turning his back on the villain.
One video appears to show a man dressed as a friar taunting the stuck police officers and even pushing one over as they try to get out of the mud.
Parents of Beloit high school boys basketball players cite taunting at game in Muskego.
Perhaps not so much poking the bear as taunting the tenacious terrier, it was called “Struggletown”.
Peyton List made a brief appearance in the movie as Taunting Classmate (credited as Peyton Roi List), a minor character who taunts the lead character’s little sister.
Rey sat in on commentary, and Dominik would keep taunting his father throughout.
Then Lucy learns Snow is a man who murdered three and so flees; the Mockingjays in the treetops echo her singing "The Hanging Tree," taunting Snow like a ghost.
Turkish ice cream vendors are infamous for their taunting and teasing of customers trying to grab their cones.
A complementary chapter, “The Ages of Man,” outlines the Romanian male condition as viewed by advertisers in tones ranging from taunting to sympathetic.
But then, Marsh was called for a taunting penalty after glaring at the Steelers’ sideline — a team he had spent that summer with in training camp — and then making contact with Corrente while coming off the field.
Columbia has become a hell for Jewish students, who have been insulted, threatened, bullied, assaulted and forced to run gauntlets of taunting students with masks and kaffiyehs calling for their genocide.
If Skip Bayless was a cricket talking head, he would have a field day taunting Kohli over the lack of silverware.
Common combinations with taunting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- taunting him 12×
- taunting and 7×
- for taunting 7×
- taunting the 6×
- taunting of 6×
- and taunting 5×
- of taunting 5×
- the taunting 4×
- in taunting 4×
- by taunting 3×