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
One night, Cher responded cheekily to a heckler, and the crowd laughed.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
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
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