heckled

past tense of heckle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of heckled England players, especially Jardine, were constantly booed and heckled. Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 These remarks come after HeatWorld reported that the sisters have been concerned about their safety, with tensions rising after Eugenie was recently heckled by a man making comments about her father in March. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 July 2026 She was heckled again during the 2025 WNBA Finals trophy ceremony. Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Despite her clear influence, Rico was mercilessly heckled by Carti fans during her performance at the Portland tour stop. Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026 Royal Melbourne was a week after Reed was penalized for improving his lie in the sand, and Aussies heckled him endlessly. ABC News, 14 July 2026 Everyone is mad because fans at a SPORTING EVENT openly heckled a player? Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026 In his decade-long career, he’s often been heckled and cursed at by spectators during domestic matches. Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 They were considered to have strange physical afflictions or weak mental attitudes, and some people with endocrine diseases were even dismissed as ‘freaks’ and heckled in circuses or locked away in institutions. Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heckled
Verb
  • The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details.
    Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2026
  • At the time, Earle only teased her potential response to Cooper, but has publicly remained mostly silent about the conflict until now.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, which killed six and injured more than a thousand people but hardly rocked the buildings, ironworkers mocked the idea that any terrorist could ever take down those great structures.
    Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He was criticised by Guardiola last season for not challenging Virgil van Dijk anywhere near enough at Anfield in February, and he was mocked by supporters at Old Trafford in January after he was kept quiet by Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Heckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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