had jeered
- past perfect of jeer.
Example Sentences
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He closed it out with 36 points and nine assists, bowing to the crowd that had jeered him in every game after hitting a 3-pointer with under a minute to play.
From Fox News ● Jun. 3, 2021
The manager even went so far as to defend the fans who had jeered him, pointing out that his own son had called to ask what on earth he was doing.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2016
Bush learned that recently when he balked at how Black Lives Matter activists had jeered the term “all lives matter” at a progressive conference.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2015
The Sun reported fans had jeered at a police officer as he tried to give a female fan first aid.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2014
Lupin was reminding him of the sneering Hufflepuff Zacharias Smith, who had jeered at Harry for wanting to teach Dumbledore’s Army how to Disarm.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
