heckler

Example Sentences

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Speaking over the occasional heckler, he told the crowd: “My life, your life, all of our lives are better off for the companies and the things that billionaires have done for California.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Youssef grinned, teased the unseen heckler for missing the half-dozen nods he’d already dropped, and finally waved an arm toward the wings: “Put your hands together for Zohran Mamdani!”

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

However, another fan wrote that "people were cheering him for throwing out the heckler" and "it had to be done".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

Two months later, a video went viral showing her interaction with a heckler at a festival gig in Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

My other heckler is husky, so she gets a blue-and-white vertically striped dress made in Bengal, a white bandana around her black curls, and big hoop earrings.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins