I have tried for weeks to tease myself into life, but it will not happen.

"It has to be teased into reach of the knife."

He pulled at the scattered memories, teasing them into line.

Playing to a black audience, he teased the crowd into a frenzy.

Her hair must have taken all day to tease into that beehive.

The trick is to cup your wet hands and tease the fish into it.

Water it gradually at first to tease the bulb into growing.

I wanted to reach over and tease it into place.

"A mutual friend," he said finally, trying to tease her back into the game.