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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USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Video uploaded to social media shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the rest rooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming the cops and jeering at them.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Tim Britton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
When the motion was advanced, it was met by jeers and some cheers from an audience full of hunters, trappers and advocates.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Verb
About 100 feet from the sheriff’s immaculate enclave, jailers who worked for Smith jeered as Mitchell shivered in his own waste, court records show.
—USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Video uploaded to social media shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the rest rooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming the cops and jeering at them.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
Oh, and one more thing, which becomes clear when every ball that ricochets off a fielder’s glove is greeted with jeers from onlooking teammates.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
When the motion was advanced, it was met by jeers and some cheers from an audience full of hunters, trappers and advocates.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Jeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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