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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Republican Representative Barry Moore of Alabama left a town hall meeting through the back door on Thursday without delivering any closing remarks after being repeatedly booed and jeered by audience members.—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Raging at the decision, the 29-year-old Medvedev sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth and whipped up a jeering New York crowd.—Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
D’Annunzio jeers at her delusional belief that Il Duce will fund her dream project of a theater not for the wealthy cultural and intellectual elite, but for the Great War’s widows, orphans and veterans.—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 The match was halted for about six minutes as jeers, whistles and boos rang out around Louis Armstrong Stadium, with fans refusing to stay quiet so Bonzi could serve.—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jeer
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