are jeering
- present progressive of jeer.
Example Sentences
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There’s something fundamentally wrong about when a group of men and women are jeering and shouting at busloads of kids.
From US News ● Jul. 9, 2014
It's December, and the rain is pouring, and the holidays are nearing, and the Seahawks fans are jeering.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2010
In hairst, at the shearing, nae youths now are jeering, Bandsters are lyart, and runkled, and gray: At fair or at preaching, nae wooing, nae fleeching— The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
I am a poor goldsmith, who serve whoever pays me; and you are jeering me as though I were a party-leader.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington
The soldiers themselves are jeering, wrangling, jostling; discussing their wishes and expectations; and, at last, they combine in a profound deliberation on the state of their affairs.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
