catcall

“Every time I would skate, people would catcall us or yell at us to do a kickflip,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Tuberville smiles at what amounts to an Alabama catcall, but he doesn’t engage.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020

Men catcall her on the street; she breaks down, in one instance, and screams.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 11, 2019

While I usually give catcallers a piece of my mind, this didn’t feel like a normal catcall and it just didn’t feel appropriate to go off on him.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2018

These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

With the Madrid fans' catcalls still ringing in his ears, Laporta provided his own answer.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

When the catcalls and chants rain down on Bregman or Altuve, it’s not because Philadelphia has some special, specific venom toward either of them.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

He was driven from the hall by a chorus of catcalls and boos, but time has proved him right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

And there had been the effusion of the post-game ritual, screams and catcalls followed by eager plans for the glorious remainder of Friday night.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

That’s because unlike her experience with men, a bear has never harassed her, catcalled her, followed her, thrown a bottle at her or otherwise made her feel unsafe.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

I don't think the show has a goal of getting people excited about being catcalled as we know how frustrating, annoying and dangerous that could be.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023

In Memphis on Saturday, protesters chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" angrily catcalled a police car that was monitoring the march, with several making obscene gestures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2023

"I have never been catcalled, but my friends have been and it isn't very nice," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018

They whined it, they catcalled it, they shrieked it in falsetto imitation of Clarence's mother.

From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber

Whilst serving as equalities minister in 2018, Ms Schiappa brought in legislation outlawing catcalling and street harassment.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023

Britain’s government said Friday that it was backing legislation to criminalize public sexual harassment, joining a handful of countries that have made specific offenses such as catcalling punishable by law.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

"A lot of the time, especially with catcalling, lads will believe that that behaviour is completely acceptable, because we are accepting that behaviour by not calling out."

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022

Children screaming at the nearby playground, teens catcalling, a heated family argument — all of it is drowned out by the dulcet tones of a song called “Akal” by White Sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers catcalling.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling