heckle

Some blame the rising price of tickets, saying theatergoers feel entitled to misbehave in the same way sports fans feel the price of admission buys them the right to heckle players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Arizona and Arizona State fans once used the term to heckle him, but the taunts had the opposite of their intended effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

After the press conference ended, they continued to follow and heckle De Niro.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

The prime minister received another, less-hostile, heckle when a member of the crowd shouted out: "Prime minister, it's not Coca-Cola."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023

I used to heckle her about the help problem, but I learned that was not necessarily wise.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

“Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with the heckles against the other team. I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other 15-year-olds,” Wood recalled in a recent Zoom interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

Ms Bennett had previously avoided court - instead trying to enter a guilty plea by email, which the magistrate rejected - and disguised herself with a scarf as she arrived to heckles on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023

Of course, hecklers could submit their heckles via email or interview but not heckle directly at our duly elected president.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

His speech was interrupted repeatedly by heckles and jeers from opposition leadership, who at times chanted “weak.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

Still, there would have been time between heckles for him to step quietly back from us, Introvert the Maintainer and ... well, that was nine-tenths of the problem.

From The Big Time by Fritz Leiber

Noisy AfD lawmakers who often heckled Merz drew the ire of parliamentary speaker Julia Kloeckner.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been heckled on a visit to the area of the country worst hit by wildfires, as blazes continue to cause further deaths and evacuations across Europe.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

A woman heckled the mayor just as he was about to speak and accused city leadership of ignoring concerns of Muslim and Palestinian communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Then some random scythe in the audience heckled.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Since the fall, Charles has faced heckling about his brother during public appearances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

One federal agent saw the patrollers, turned up his music, and began heckling the group as he rode in.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

"Things have ramped up since Rory said he wanted to win on US soil. I think the heckling will be 1000%, but not over the line. It will be fun - and firm but fair."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

On June 26, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were carrying a banner that read Democracy Should Begin at Home when a group of boys started heckling them.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling