heckle
Example Sentences
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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
Passersby who witnessed this altercation began to heckle the police, demanding they take the handcuffs off Smith.
From Salon • May 13, 2025
The Glaswegian looked so discombobulated by the heckle that another audience member asked him if he was okay.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025
Now Israel's minister for police, Itamar Ben-Gvir was on hand to keep order as some 30,000 people took part in the annual event that he used to heckle as an "abomination".
From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023
At this point, Perch started to heckle me.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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