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Examples of jeer in a Sentence
Verb
He tried to ignore the jeering crowd.
The crowd jeered him when he struck out.
The prisoner was jeered by an angry mob.
Noun
ignored the jeers of the other team's fans and just focused on making her free throw shot
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Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 26 June 2024
It has been reported that the new rules for CNN’s presidential debate on June 27 include no live audience to prevent cheering or jeering as well as turning off the microphone of the candidate not speaking.
—Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Danny Funt, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
After the live broadcast, Netflix added the special to their library but edited out a few seconds of the jeers and lowered the volume for part of her set on the version of the show.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
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Verb
Microphones will be turned off when candidates are not answering questions, and no audience will be present to cheer or jeer.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 26 June 2024
It has been reported that the new rules for CNN’s presidential debate on June 27 include no live audience to prevent cheering or jeering as well as turning off the microphone of the candidate not speaking.
—Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Noun
This was the first U.S. Open played in a state with legal sports betting, allowing spectators to wager from their phones on every imaginable aspect of the tournament, and jeers from gamblers in the gallery added one more challenge at the brutally difficult Pinehurst No. 2.
—Danny Funt, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
After the live broadcast, Netflix added the special to their library but edited out a few seconds of the jeers and lowered the volume for part of her set on the version of the show.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
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“Jeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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