Example Sentences

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The world number three celebrated by cupping his ears to the section of the Alexandra Palace crowd that had been jeering him throughout.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

That shot jolted a waterlogged Yankee Stadium crowd that had been jeering its own players amid sloppy play and missed chances in the later innings.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2019

They had been jeering at him, Lehmann and von Kesselborn, who were to be confirmed with him.

From The Son of His Mother by Viebig, Clara

I lay down and I don't remember about Ilusha, though all that day the boys had been jeering at him at school.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor