heckling

Example Sentences

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Heckling is banned and female comics are nurtured.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2022

Heckling at sporting events is as American as apple pie, as long as it's good-natured.

From Golf Digest • May 10, 2019

Heckling during somebody’s throw remains the taboo of taboos, she said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018

Heckling and joke stealing do have a common ancestor, and it’s the creative resentment I talked about earlier. 

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2013

Heckling, threats, fervid oratory had no effect on the favoring Senators.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted