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

One heckler was removed for loudly ordering the Bolton comic's favourite "garlic bread" one too many times.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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

One of the reasons laughter is so effective as a tool for persuasion—and any stand-up comic who has ever seen off a heckler with a zinging one-liner knows this—is that laughter is involuntary assent.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith