Example Sentences

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"I'd boo me too," he posted winningly after more barracking from across the Channel.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The theatre and the opera were a chaos of huzzahs and barracking.

From Economist • May 17, 2018

Many of the Aussie fans were "barracking" more for the underdog Hawaiians than the more-fancied Cal State side.

From US News • Aug. 28, 2016

Aloha – it turns out – brought its own troubles: a sustained barracking over her casting as a part-Chinese, part-Hawaiian air force pilot called Allison Ng.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2015

He noticed with pleasure the decrease of disagreeable barracking by spectators at matches during last season.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis