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.
  • Part of the fans jeered as the team struggled.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Or when their crowd were jeering Rogers?
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • 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
  • He largely has been cheered at home and jeered throughout road games.
    — Cliff Brunt, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But the jeering men standing on their seats to get a look at her were scary.
    — Jill Abramson, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Congress members cheer or jeer them.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • He's been jeered frequently by fans, and has struggled at times with drops.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2017
  • People jeer at the fighters and each other.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Bruins had the poise to make their free throws in the face of jeering fans.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Players jeered, laughed and kept a light, but focused, mood throughout the drills.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 29 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • By then, the once-jeering onlookers had backed a safe distance away.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 27 May 2018
  • But he was overwhelmed by the jeering chorus of students.
    — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • As men shout and jeer, her confident smile falters, replaced by a troubled frown.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
  • 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
  • Barca fans haven't made things any better for their player, and have jeered him on occasion.
    — SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Was the song’s jaunty sound jeering at this guy, or sympathizing with him?
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • As Hancock spoke, protesters jeered him about issues old and new.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 15 July 2019
  • During warmups, a buzzing Bronx crowd jeered Greinke with chants of ‘‘Donald!
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The memories of his crowds jeering those poor desperate women has stayed with me for decades.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Those who jeer & mock are necessarily on the sidelines and not in the arena.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • 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 masses would gather to taunt and jeer them, hurling rotten food at their heads along with insulting words.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2021

jeer

2 of 2 noun
  • There were jeers from the away end.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • As the crowd around her laughs and jeers, one of the girls helps her up.
    — Eliza Fawcett, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
  • The training prompted jeers and jokes from some on the staff.
    — Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The lovefest ended in boos and jeers and garbage thrown on the field.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Todd was met with jeers from attendees.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Froome was cleared of any wrongdoing, but that hasn’t stopped the jeers.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 July 2018
  • The jeers were followed by raucous cheers for the Knicks.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
  • There was an awkward moment of silence, then jeers from the crowd.
    — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
  • On the road, the cheers and jeers can unify football players.
    — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • There was a second of stunned silence before the room erupted in boos and jeers.
    — Jj Holmes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Groans turned to jeers as the video showed the protester being removed.
    — David Weigel, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • His remarks received a mixed reaction from the crowd, with cheers, jeers and a few boos.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Thompson, 27, appeared unfazed by the jeers and made his shots.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The footage showed Vance smiling and waving to the crowd from his box seat as the jeers continued.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Some of her responses about her views on slashing the safety net drew jeers from the audience.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 29 May 2017
  • The mayor exited through the back door to escape the jeers of his audience.
    — Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • However all the boos and jeers started to slowly fade once Williams started to hit shots.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • But that spirit of protest has been revived in the stadium jeers, which appear to have started two years ago.
    — Austin Ramzy, New York Times, 11 Oct. 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
  • Saulters ignored the jeers from all around him, discussing the damage to his front wheel with other officers.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 June 2018
  • The jeers were not heard at home thanks to the sound-selecting tech that replaces the boos with artificial cheers.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • McIlroy backed away, drawing jeers, before Lowry came over to settle him.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Random eruptions of cheers, when goals went in, and jeers, when the opponent did something to ridicule, blended.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • His comment was met with cheers from Republicans and jeers from Democrats, who didn't stand.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

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