Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooting
Verb
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By the time the group made it into the hallway, Fleeger and Freeman's wife, Joanna, were shouting at each other.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Each side held signs, chanted and gave speeches at the same time, shouting over each other into speakers.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2026
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But he was overwhelmed by the jeering chorus of students.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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An unrecognizable Sean Hayes plays the jeering host, Gary Greenbacks.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Early this season, Coen, a former UMass quarterback who coached under Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams, was seen hollering at Lawrence on the sideline after an incompletion.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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Probst is as bad as any of them about this — look back no further than the amount of airtime on Wednesday’s finale that was spent hollering about Savannah making Survivor history by winning as many challenges as five other women in show history.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Verb
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But mostly, and kind of disturbingly, people enjoyed ridiculing it.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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But this heavy tide of content ridiculing any notion of his lasting importance to the American republic suggests a far different fate.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Eventually, several officers move in on the man, and the video shows the dog down, then jumping to its feet while howling.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Stalter and Downs had the crowd howling with their commitment to the bit.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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Despite his mediator role, Rodríguez is also known for his explosive temperament, lashing out in Congress and publicly threatening and insulting members of the opposition.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Jan. 2026
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That doesn't mean your comment can't be casual or in your own words, but the council will almost always bar people from swearing or insulting others.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The villas are new but already feel ancient (in the best possible way), pitched in a jumble of sugarcane fields, date palms, and donkey brays bellowing from the adjoining farm.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
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Her two modes are either disengaged or bellowing — and that’s not really enough to tearfully deem someone an addict.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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The aftermath of a Clasico is always about crowning decisive winners and deriding significant losers.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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This came after her previous comments deriding many accusers in the wake of the #MeToo movement.—
Lee Smith,
CNN Money,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Hooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooting. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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