Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catcalling
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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 -
Miller spoke after videos circulated online of large crowds in the Columbia Heights neighborhood jeering federal officers in the streets.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Bronx native appears to be referencing her vicious feud with Nicki Minaj, which became a nasty back-and-forth on social media earlier this month that ended up seeing both artists insulting each other’s children.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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Between 2014 and 2020, Erdogan investigated 160,000 Turks for insulting the president and prosecuted 45,000 of them, including a 14-year-old boy.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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The show opened with a skit mocking Hegseth, portrayed by comedian Colin Jost, ridiculing the Defense Secretary's address to military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, last week.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after dropping the album art on Instagram, social media was flooded with disappointed fans ridiculing the cover.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Katherine del Rio took to social media to post, then delete, a couple of Instagram Stories mocking Leah Lewis following the incident on the set of the CBS drama.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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It has also been used as a derogatory term, mocking immigrant culture in Lima during the mass migrations of Indigenous Andean people to Lima in the 20th century.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stuff like storing animal urine in your car to throw off drug-sniffing dogs.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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But after three more of Karty’s kicks were blocked over the next three weeks and all of them played a role in Rams losses, the panic button has felt a fist as fierce as the ones that kept those kicks from sniffing the uprights.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Catcalling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catcalling. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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