jeering

Example Sentences

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The first lady insists that the jeering did not upset her.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“This is a family town,” the arresting officer tells jeering onlookers as he and the two others handcuff Gamble.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

“It just sounds pretty boring,” he says, and pushes a jeering mob of brainless sheep to repeat whatever he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A video shows the crowd jeering at the officers as they’re being escorted out of the area by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Grace and Cordelia and Carol hang around the edges of my life, enticing, jeering, growing paler and paler every day, less and less substantial.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood