Example Sentences
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To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2026
As he stood there stewing in his agony, fully expecting jeers and catcalls from the surrounding pavilion crowd, the strangest thing happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2024
With the Madrid fans' catcalls still ringing in his ears, Laporta provided his own answer.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
“Never,” reported one of Paris’s better literary reviews, “has a painting excited so much laughter, mockery, and catcalls as this ‘Olympia.’”
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2023
The boos flooded the ring and the catcalls burned his ears and the whistles sliced into his brain.-Pop-pop,
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
