Example Sentences

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Last season, PSG supporters were booing Lionel Messi even though the soccer great was the player who helped the club clinch an 11th league title by scoring in a 1-1 draw with Strasbourg.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024

Coach Gregg Popovich quelled a disrespectful crowd who were booing former Spurs player Kawhi Leonard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Baseball was good training for the rough-and-tumble of U.S. politics, Garvey said, because he "had the opportunity to be up, with the game on the line, when 50,000 people were booing me."

From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2023

“At first, I thought they were booing me,” Sabalenka said.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

"Do you think she knew they were booing her?"

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins