How to Use jeer in a Sentence

jeer

1 of 2 verb

• The crowd jeered him when he struck out.
• He tried to ignore the jeering crowd.
• The prisoner was jeered by an angry mob.
• The sellout crowd cheered and jeered as Brooks left the floor.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
• The crowd loudly jeered when the fight was announced as a draw.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
• Thousands of fans cheered and jeered from the sidelines.
  — Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2023
• But the jeering men standing on their seats to get a look at her were scary.
  — Jill Abramson, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
• But Ohioans might jeer rather than cheer if that happens.
  — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2019
• Those closest to the melee held their phones aloft and tried to film the struggling man, while some jeered and laughed at him.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2019
• He had been followed out of the subway by a group of strangers jeering at him and yelling slurs.
  — Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
• During warmups, a buzzing Bronx crowd jeered Greinke with chants of ‘‘Donald!
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• He largely has been cheered at home and jeered throughout road games.
  — Cliff Brunt, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• Players jeered, laughed and kept a light, but focused, mood throughout the drills.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 29 June 2018
• In the video, students crowd around her 7-year-son, filming him with their cell phones and jeering him.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 19 Apr. 2018
• He's been jeered frequently by fans, and has struggled at times with drops.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2017
• At breakfast the next morning, the other campers jeered the victim over the incident.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2018
• She was struck by how men in the show did not jeer at or catcall women on the street, as happens in her home country.
  — Jake Kwon, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
• The French forward has scored only one goal in his last 10 matches and has been often jeered by the Bernabeu crowd.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2018
• By then, the once-jeering onlookers had backed a safe distance away.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 27 May 2018
• No one cursed or jeered the half-dozen federal and local officers who watched from across the street.
  — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• When a player breaks off a long run or makes a big catch, everyone is on the edge of their seat, cheering — or jeering.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
• The fans in the stadium took exception to the lackadaisical style of play, jeering both sides.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• This was the first chance Dodgers fans had to jeer the Astros in person at Chavez Ravine since their sign-stealing scandal was revealed late in 2019.
  — Joe Reedy, Chron, 4 Aug. 2021
• Those who jeer & mock are necessarily on the sidelines and not in the arena.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
• He is often jeered by fans when Barcelona plays away games because of his pro-Catalonia stance.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2018
• As Pell walked from the building on bail, through a phalanx of police officers there to protect him, he was jeered.
  — A. Odysseus Patrick, Washington Post, 1 May 2018
• Protestors lined the steps of the courthouse, jeering and waving homemade signs.
  — Amy Zimmerman, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2023
• Was the song’s jaunty sound jeering at this guy, or sympathizing with him?
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
• The fans who had loudly jeered the team in recent matches were cheering on their feet after the final whistle at the Bernabeu.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2018
• Activists packed a council hearing where lawmakers debated the measure last month, at times jeering the member who put it forward.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024

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jeer

2 of 2 noun

• As the crowd around her laughs and jeers, one of the girls helps her up.
  — Eliza Fawcett, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
• But their feats of strength were met with threats and jeers.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The lovefest ended in boos and jeers and garbage thrown on the field.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2019
• His statements were met with boos and jeers from the crowd.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• The training prompted jeers and jokes from some on the staff.
  — Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2018
• The group was met with some support, but jeers as well.
  — Kevin Spain, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
• Froome was cleared of any wrongdoing, but that hasn’t stopped the jeers.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 July 2018
• On the road, the cheers and jeers can unify football players.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• At the end of the day, as the children head home along a leafy street, a little boy jeers at the newcomer.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
• The room had been booing Grundmann, but the gaffe triggered even louder cheers and jeers from the crowd.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2019
• The statement drew jeers from the crowd as members shouted the city's response is not good enough.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2018
• And this, Lucy realizes, this more than the schoolyard jeers or the press of the gun’s cold snout, is her moment of courage.
  — Longreads, 3 Aug. 2017
• There was an awkward moment of silence, then jeers from the crowd.
  — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
• Groans turned to jeers as the video showed the protester being removed.
  — David Weigel, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• Thompson, 27, appeared unfazed by the jeers and made his shots.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018
• There were some jeers during and after the match toward Benítez, who is in the first year of a three-year contract with Celta.
  — Tales Azzoni, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• To work the bar in these moments was its own game of skill: scan the front row of faces, memorize an order, tune out the jeers from the back.
  — Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
• Thanks, Ohio House! Jeers... to purveyors of sarcasm, the lowest form of wit.
  — Mike Polk Jr., cleveland.com, 16 July 2017
• There were some jeers during and after the match toward Benítez, who is in the first year of a three-year contract with Celta.
  — Tales Azzoni, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• There's a kid in the crowd telling him to shut up, and relentless jeers, or Trump masks worn by attendees.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017
• All around him, the jeers and boos of two fan bases cut through the steamy air, but Price gave no visible reaction.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 2 July 2018
• Biden’s remarks calling for Congress to pass the bill drew jeers from some in the audience.
  — Jean Lantz Reisz, The Conversation, 8 Mar. 2024
• And so Stanton, whose first season in New York has been modest by his standards, heard the jeers.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 17 June 2018
• Ozil remained on the bench against the Saudis because of a knee injury and wasn't subjected to jeers.
  — Ciaran Fahey, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• And once again his state gold medal ceremony included a mix of cheers and jeers from the crowd.
  — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 24 Feb. 2018
• Donald Trump was on the field before kickoff, a hand on his heart as cheers (and jeers) rang out, his face puffed into a smile.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2020
• Jung said with a smirk — eliciting jeers from the audience and prompting the judge to threaten to clear the courtroom.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 13 June 2019
• After two hours of swaying, screaming and dousing Texas in jeers, the Red Raiders’ horde had little left to say.
  — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 29 Feb. 2020
• Other countries are joining the chorus of jeers as well.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• According to USA Today, there were both jeers and cheers when the students walked out of the commencement speech.
  — Jenni Miller, The Cut, 21 May 2017

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