catcall

“Every time I would skate, people would catcall us or yell at us to do a kickflip,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Tuberville smiles at what amounts to an Alabama catcall, but he doesn’t engage.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020

Men catcall her on the street; she breaks down, in one instance, and screams.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 11, 2019

While I usually give catcallers a piece of my mind, this didn’t feel like a normal catcall and it just didn’t feel appropriate to go off on him.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2018

These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

He fled from the room amid a hail of catcalls, but of course he was right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in lines that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the president's appearance.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

When the catcalls and chants rain down on Bregman or Altuve, it’s not because Philadelphia has some special, specific venom toward either of them.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

Bull crowed with delight, a self-indulgent but euphoric eruption that silenced his wife’s catcalls for the moment.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

That’s because unlike her experience with men, a bear has never harassed her, catcalled her, followed her, thrown a bottle at her or otherwise made her feel unsafe.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

I don't think the show has a goal of getting people excited about being catcalled as we know how frustrating, annoying and dangerous that could be.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023

In Memphis on Saturday, protesters chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" angrily catcalled a police car that was monitoring the march, with several making obscene gestures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2023

"I have never been catcalled, but my friends have been and it isn't very nice," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018

They whined it, they catcalled it, they shrieked it in falsetto imitation of Clarence's mother.

From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber

“They were catcalling and whistling, and the crew all started doing versions of the dance. It sparked a lot of joy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

Britain’s government said Friday that it was backing legislation to criminalize public sexual harassment, joining a handful of countries that have made specific offenses such as catcalling punishable by law.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

Wolf-whistling, catcalling and staring persistently will be criminalised in England under plans backed by Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022

The CPS recently updated its advice to staff about street harassment such as catcalling.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022

“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers catcalling.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling