tease - use in sentences

Object

  • reader: Yet at the same time Nabokov teases the reader with ambiguous clues related to what will happen.
  • hair: The breeze played with the hairs on his neck, seeming to tease each individual hair.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • apart: Prepare planting holes well, adding plenty of organic matter, and tease apart tangled roots.

Modifying Another Word

  • carefully: By carefully teasing the material, the arrow could be extracted.
  • sometimes: Always there is this teasing Sometimes I lose all hope Where is my strength to hold on?

Particle object: out_obj

  • implication: Working within a ' classical ' Marxist framework, I have sought to tease out the ecological implications of the capitalist economic system.
  • meaning: One task facing future scholars will be to tease out these alternative meanings of manhood for those who embraced them.
  • root: Empty out of pot and tease out the base roots to encourage them to spread.
  • difference: I would like to start the conversation by asking the Archbishop, how we might tease out the differences.
  • issue: The aim is to tease out issues that are impacting on the child's ability to learn.

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