peanut gallery

Example Sentences

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In fight week, he bristled at the mention of criticism, describing detractors as a "peanut gallery that doesn't exist" and insisting the question of whether he belongs no longer concerns him.

From BBC

And, barring a stunning comeback, McIlroy will have the best possible response to the peanut gallery: for the second time in his career, he’ll have won the Ryder Cup on American turf.

From The Wall Street Journal

Musk and his peanut gallery crowed that this represented a victory, but it’s hardly that.

From Los Angeles Times

More peanut gallery antics from Cash followed, but I was loving it.

From Salon

But whether Congress — not to mention the Justice Department — will do something or is simply playing to the concert-going peanut gallery remains to be determined.

From Washington Post