boo

Example Sentences

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They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”

From Slate • May 20, 2026

An audience can cheer and they can also all boo, and I have not forgotten that.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The theater reopened this past weekend with “The Great Bank Robbery,” a 30-minute-plus show in which audiences are encouraged to boo, hiss and swoon over the characters, a Bird Cage tradition since 1954.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Fellow Spurs fan Darren Harvey says he would boo if the team was consistently bad.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“Ghosts are the least of it, boy. Night-ghasts, specters, apparitions—all they can do is say boo and frighten you.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman