How to Use tease in a Sentence

tease

1 of 2 verb
  • The boy's mother told him to stop teasing the dog.
  • He was always teased by his brother about being short.
  • The other children teased her because she was wearing braces.
  • He and his wife enjoy teasing each other about their different tastes in music.
  • Oh, don't get so angry. I was just teasing!
  • It has been teased in the past.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This sweater isn't the first time she's teased the new project.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Jey seemed to be teasing a heel turn.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Anya’s voice took on a teasing tone.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The cast also teased their next projects.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Poehler teased after the gaffe.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The singer has been teasing the song on tour this summer.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
  • And about the other kids who have started to tease him about it all.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The teasing comb is this ponytail's best friend.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • Here’s a look at some of the buzziest titles that were teased.
    — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Jepsen has teased the recording of her eighth album for a few years now.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
  • Gay hasn’t been shy about teasing the details.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
  • His work had humor too, with licks that could cackle and leads that could tease.
    — Jim Farber, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • She's teased there will be harnesses.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
  • His work had humor, too, with licks that could cackle and leads that could tease.
    — Jim Farber, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Ladd also teased a project that may or may not have come to fruition before her death.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Dunkin' has been teasing the Big Game ad for some time.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
  • As for what Roach can tease for her upcoming press looks?
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The cast also teased how the new movie is different from the first.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Why would Trump tease a tariff rebate?
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This was the bloodbath Alan was teasing?
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The trio tease some details toward the end of the podcast.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 June 2026
  • The tip of his tongue was grazing her ear now, teasing it with dampness.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Here are some of the other items that were teased during the program.
    — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The actor further teased the movie with a promise of unique views of the sport.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 10 July 2023

tease

2 of 2 noun
  • The lower rate is just a tease to attract new customers.
  • That’s my opaque tease of what’s to come.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The label on this one is like a tease.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But this quick glimpse of them at the episode’s start is just a tease.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So that tease at the end has seeds for acres and acres of stories.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • But of course, our tease of season 3 takes us away from that.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But some of the teases can stand – or fly, or speed race – on their own.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2023
  • Dancehall sounds like a tease in the dead of winter.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Yet for more than decade, Texas has been more tease than titan.
    — Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The tease suggests the dishes will launch soon.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • Just the excitement of the brain tease.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And remember, this was just a tease.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There’s the tease of one, right up until the end, and the promise of the con.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Once cool, use a paddle brush to tease hair slightly at the crown, then brush through hair.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Finally, hit us up with a big tease for the back half of the season.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The first tease from the film touches on that issue, with the help of photos.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, Pharrell said that the shades might be a tease of a larger project.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 21 June 2023
  • Some kind of scene, tease, cameo, after the film's credits finish rolling.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Chu teases of the second movie's new numbers.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Was this a tease to what could potentially be the subject of a third movie?
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Some of the issues of identity nudged around are more of a tease than a topic.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022
  • No, that wasn’t a tease—there are still stellar options from each brand available to shop right now.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But the biggest tease comes from a brief post-credits scene that introduces a new foe.
    — William Goodman, Men's Health, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In the meantime, fans can enjoy a tease of what's to come via the synopsis.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But after this week's tease, the leakers decided to jump the gun.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022
  • Finally, what is your cryptic tease for the second-to-last episode?
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The brief meeting will serve as a tease for a larger reunion in the show's final two episodes.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The ending with Raiden and the others is all fans get in terms of a tease for a sequel.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • The first two trailers tease that Thor 4 will have a similar tone.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 June 2022
  • Rhys teases of the finale’s contents.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026

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