Taunts

Examples

• The whole bulk of the fog teemed with such taunts, uttered in tones of universal hoarseness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There he perched, hurling taunts and insults at the raging, foaming beast fifty feet below him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Then, in a rush, it cruelly taunts him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Brooke again winced inwardly, for Dorothea's engagement had no sooner been decided, than he had thought of Mrs. Cadwallader's prospective taunts. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sikes knew too much, and his ruffian taunts had not galled Fagin the less, because the wounds were hidden. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The woman took no notice of these taunts, but walked on, with the same expression of angry scorn, as if she heard nothing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I cannot help giving myself some little credit for the patience and command of temper with which I endured all these taunts. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The humiliating taunts of the disaffected member spoiled the supper, and we dispatched it in angry silence and got away as soon as we could. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Nobody knows that better than Miss Wade, though she taunts me because she has made me her dependent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Come,' said Sam, 'none o' them taunts agin the wictim o' avarice, and come off that 'ere step. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• No more taunts on my intellect, no more menaces of grating public shows! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Come--no taunts, Eustacia, or we shall quarrel. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You know I am your friend, and the friend of your friendsin spite of your taunts, you well and deeply know I may be trusted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Typist: Mabel