Examples of jeer in a Sentence
Verb
He tried to ignore the jeering crowd.
The crowd jeered him when he struck out.
The prisoner was jeered by an angry mob.
Noun
ignored the jeers of the other team's fans and just focused on making her free throw shot
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Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
The Nuggets ended the game on a 21-5 run and a catharsis, as Jamal Murray nailed a dagger 3-pointer and played to the crowd that had jeered his team not long ago.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
On the Orioles’ opening day, the governor was introduced and greeted with a cacophony of boos and jeers.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
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Verb
But after the first series of the 2026 MLB season, those same fans who were celebrating Bichette's signing a few months ago are now the same ones jeering him after an awful debut series with the Mets.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
The Nuggets ended the game on a 21-5 run and a catharsis, as Jamal Murray nailed a dagger 3-pointer and played to the crowd that had jeered his team not long ago.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
On the Orioles’ opening day, the governor was introduced and greeted with a cacophony of boos and jeers.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Jeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeer. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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