booing

Example Sentences

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College graduates are booing commencement speakers who evoke AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Hundreds of people turned up for the trial into the 2023 train collision that left 57 dead, leading to angry complaints from lawyers that the venue was "insultingly" unsuitable, and booing from family relatives.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Despite the audience booing at the 1853 premiere, which Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, called “a fiasco,” “Traviata” has never strayed long from the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

We indulged in a test of strength for weeks as Dad stood figuratively on the sidelines, neither cheering nor booing but enjoying himself greatly.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou