- past progressive of boo.
Example Sentences
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"I heard there was booing and everything, and there was a moment of, like, a wow effect, you know? A little bit of shock."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The rest of the crowd was booing loudly.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025
And Rogers Centre was booing Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who spurned the Blue Jays after they were a finalist in his free agency process to sign in Los Angeles instead.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
They introduced him at the football game — “goosebump time” — and, “the football stadium people on the Texas side, nobody was booing me.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021
Suddenly, the crowd was booing and Junius Becker was waving his arms and Willie Streeter was trying to struggle away from Bud and the dentist.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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