How To Use Jeer In A Sentence

After a long, tedious sail, during which I was subjected to every discomfort, and exposure to the weather, as well as jeers and insults that effervesced from a corrupt heart, where they had been concealed for so many years, we reached a spot near enough to the land to discover a cluster of orange trees and a cabin. Bond and Free: A Tale of the South
The joke was met by jeers from the audience. Times, Sunday Times
Some openly jeered and shouted in disgust when the final vote tally was announced.
Don't jeer at the person who came last in the race - it's very unkind.
But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times

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He and his mates are laughing and jeering at their next-door neighbour: a crazy old man, stripped to the waist, performing what looks like some kind of weird callisthenics routine in his backyard.
He was jeered for joking about missing jets, then goaded fans to boo louder. The Sun
But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
After seeing their showpiece team jeered by sections of Wembley during the Hungary game. Times, Sunday Times
After all your doubts and jeers and sneers, you may be sure that she is sure. A Plague of Angels
Palfreys, and notwithstanding a tendency in the male part of the family to jeer at him a little as "peaky" and bow-legged, he presently established his position as an accepted and frequent guest. Brother Jacob
She had stopped to listen and offer words of advice, but the other members of that clique had stepped out of the shadows, laughing and jeering.
His lips curled in thin lines of contempt as he watched through eyes the shouting, jeering crowd. Christianity Today
From this oft-repeated prophecy Collins was known to every stockman in three States as the Coyote Prophet, the title a jeering one at first, then bestowed with increasing respect as men saw many of his prophecies fulfilled. The Yellow Horde
Skepticism regarding the new officer was confirmed after he appeared in camp at Swift Run Gap wearing a conspicuous Prince Albert coat and large beaver hat, holding an umbrella to shield himself from the sun, as troops jeered him.
With the jeering and catcalling from the Government benches, I missed the answer.
Dan's friends cackled in the background, but he ignored their laughter and jeering comments.
She saw the "trolleys" fly past her in quick succession, and it seemed to her they whizzed jeeringly at her as they sped. The Governess
By the time the senator had finished his 20-minute address, the cheers had turned to angry jeers. Times, Sunday Times
They screamed, jeered and hooted at the screen.
The first jeers were heard. Times, Sunday Times
The young painter's works were jeered at at first,but later they proved to be very valuable.
He was jeered then and his welcome yesterday was lukewarm, to say the least. Times, Sunday Times
Anyone caught with a copy was flogged in the stadium before a jeering crowd of onlookers.
Marchers jeered at white passers-by, but there was no violence, nor any arrests.
The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
As the clock struck 12:00 the ban was met with catcalls; jeers and a whole lot more smoking.
Then one of the younger males jeered, urging the challenging male on—in their prelingual word-sounds, questioning the young male's courage and his maleness. TRIANGLE
Bollywood has the best paean to these knifey heroes in Jaya Bhaduri's knife-sharpener cameo in the 1973 hit 'Zanjeer.' Boing Boing
There was loud jeering from the opposition parties when the prime minister stood up to speak.
Demonstrators have jeered the mayor as he arrived for a week long visit.
Imagine that this isolation causes you to weep and even scream in distress, and that everyone with any power to do something about it, at best ignores you and at times even taunts you, or jeers at you.
France also went close to losing after spending most of the game trailing Scotland and being jeered by its own fans at Stade de France.
The shouting and jeering that you see on the telly is such a tiny bit of the job. The Sun
Squeezing her eyes tight she tried to block out Reed's cold, insistent taunts and the jeering catcalls that seemed to get louder with each passing moment.
As the march swung past Number 10 there was a cacophony of whistles, boos, jeers and insults.
The throng of people was excited, jeering and mocking, jostling the two who held on to the man at the centre of it all.
Anyone whose phone rings rushes outside to take the call, the jeering ringing in his ears. Times, Sunday Times
The jeers there were from the Opposition, who knew that Mr Downer had failed to deny that either he or his Office were involved.
He and his mates are laughing and jeering at their next-door neighbour: a crazy old man, stripped to the waist, performing what looks like some kind of weird callisthenics routine in his backyard.
But teasing from team-mates is as much a backhanded plaudit as jeers from opposition supporters, which is why both the ribbing and the heckling have been gathering momentum the older this season gets.
He was angrily jeered when he refused to apologise, and instead expressed his ‘regret’.
And for some reason, academic success meant nothing in my school - there was no praise for doing well - only jeers from other pupils, or teachers who called me a swot in front of the rest of the class.
Further allegations of anti-Catholicism from prominent figures including Cardinal Logue aroused sectarian feelings which led to jeering and hissing on 8 May.
‘I'm not asking you to trust me,’ he said, to sustained jeers from an audience of about 300, average age approximately 75.
He publicly backed Caldwell and slammed the minority of supporters who had jeered him.
She has lived with stones thrown through the front window of her Athy home, taunts and jeers, media hostility and the utter loneliness of no contact with her family and much loved daughters.
He was jeered by fans as recently as last month after a 1-0 defeat at home by Wigan. The Sun
Boldon was mobilizing the Mongolian beggars and horse stealers, arming and training them; that the soldiers were taking the sheep of the monastery; that the "Noyon" Domojiroff was always drunk; and that the protests of the Hutuktu were answered with jeers and scolding. Beasts, Men and Gods
I'm sure it has a healthy audience of readers -- all those hard SF wonks who jeered when Han Solo used 'parsec' as a unit of time. It's the story, stupid!
And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project.
By the time the senator had finished his 20-minute address, the cheers had turned to angry jeers. Times, Sunday Times
It is said that Arshad is keen to bring out 'Akkad' as a tribute to our legandary icon Big B and his popular action flick 'Zanjeer'. IndiaGlitz.com - News
Fellow pupils laughed and jeered and posted the footage online, as the pupils tried to hide their faces. Times, Sunday Times
Anyone whose phone rings rushes outside to take the call, the jeering ringing in his ears. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, this success seems to have come at a price, with certain sections of the crowd indulging in boorish, jeering and in some cases lewd behaviour.
It was the look of them, partly: the skanky paper, the low-mirth smudginess of their production; but also the dismalness of the schoolyard world they portrayed: discipline versus cheekiness, small victories, practical jokes, jeering, every teacher undernourished, every kid drawn as though he had rickets. Kalooki Nights
The stoker laughed truculently, and Billy ventured upon a faint echo of the jeering cachinnation. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
Home fans jeered their former favourite and Given was not impressed. The Sun
Her first day was filled with jeering and taunts but she remained patient with them.
If they jeer you, it means they do not like you, and I am going to look for another team.
By the time the senator had finished his 20-minute address, the cheers had turned to angry jeers. Times, Sunday Times
The shouting and jeering that you see on the telly is such a tiny bit of the job. The Sun
There was loud jeering from the opposition parties when the prime minister stood up to speak.
Sponsored by the Douglas Students' Union Performing Arts Committee, the eclectic event includes music, spoken word, puppeteering, slide shows, and jeer leading.
Ammonius began to jeer me for choosing a rose chaplet before a laurel, saying that those made of flowers were effeminate, and fitted toyish girls and women more than grave philosophers and men of music. Essays and Miscellanies
Must this, and that fair flower of Freedom which, despite the jeers of latter-day striplings, sprung from our fathers blood, must that too degenerate into a dusty quest of gold, into lawless lust with Hippomenes? V. Of the Wings of Atalanta.
It was well for the success of Mac's first crusade that his hearers were gentlemen and sober, so his outburst was not received with jeers or laughter but listened to in silence, while the expression of the faces changed from one of surprise to regret and respect, for earnestness is always effective and championship of this sort seldom fails to touch hearts as yet unspoiled. Rose in Bloom
At halftime, there are loud cheers from the home fans, loud jeers from the away end. Times, Sunday Times
After all your doubts and jeers and sneers, you may be sure that she is sure. A Plague of Angels
He was jeered for joking about missing jets, then goaded fans to boo louder. The Sun
As soon as they turn the corner, Tommy's behavior turns to taunting and jeers.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, his appointment was greeted with jeers, groans and moans.
Wails of disappointment and jeers echoed through France after their beloved ‘Les Bleus’ were dethroned as world champions without even scoring a goal.
THE jeering can be heard from miles away. The Sun
No one pretends that for a moment, indeed the sharpness of enemy reprisals will certainly decrease as the Allied poundings itself is magnified, but the sting of the Stuka, the jeer of the Ju. 88, the drone of the Dormer, and the mischief of the Messerschmitt, have all been measured by the flying men of the United Nations, who have once again shewn themselves the salt of the earth. The Plans Unfold
There were a few catcalls and jeers but no takers.
He lay there, the men standing about laughing and jeering.
And the neoconservative school of columnists was almost unanimous in jeering at Rushdie for being hoist by his own petard. Holy Writ
And amidst all the teenage jeers and overall ballyhoo, one serious middle-aged man said, ‘I want to believe’.
The boy struck at his companion who had jeered at him.
The people at the back of the hall jeered the speaker.
The "blacklegs" who refused to stop work were escorted to and from the works in Westwood by jeering strikers. Undefined
While in the US, however, people rarely needed me to repeat my name, calling out to me without inhibitions or jeering me.
Cajoling by a minister was met with derisive jeers.
All the panto business that now gets a bad name at international matches - whistles, jeers, catcalls and other animal noises - can come out again, with impunity.
Further jeers, it seemed, were never far from the lips of the more vociferous elements in this splendid stadium.
Hecklers interrupted her speech with jeering.
After that disgraceful performance the players should have been subjected to a torrent of jeers and whistles.
The young painter's works were jeered at at first,but later they proved to be very valuable.
In recent weeks, he has sneered and jeered and delighted in telling pro-hunting country people to submit to the will of the townies in banning the hunt and sentencing tens of thousands of hounds to death.
Famous traditional cold drinks like thandai, lassi, jal jeera, mango shake, milk shake and chuski were on display and sale here in a variety of tastes and colours.
Yes, it would have been more dignified if there hadn't been the taunts and jeers. The Sun
The one I have described here of garlic naans, made extra crisp, stuffed tomato curry and dal makhani with jeera rice. Archive 2008-05-01
He makes it fast to the cable - he reeves the jeer-fall through it - the jeer-fall is brought to the capstan, with the standing part belayed to the bitts.
The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
The home fans groaned and jeered as the minutes ticked away. Times, Sunday Times
I won a couple bets doing that with guys on my team, " Billups added with a laugh over the jeers of teammate Rasheed Wallace.
Even worse than the placards was the picture of a crowd of locals jeering at the man's wife as she was driven out of town.
Your description of the event suggests that nearly 100 people "jeered," which is not remotely true. Sound Politics: Reichert-Burner KING 5 debate
The crowd was hooting and jeering at the speaker.
He was jeered then and his welcome yesterday was lukewarm, to say the least. Times, Sunday Times
Two days after, when we were sitting at our comfortable four-hours, in came little Benjie, running out of breath -- just at the individual moment of time my wife and me were jeering one another, about how we would behave when we came to be grand ladies and gentlemen, keeping a flunkie maybe -- to tell us, that when he was playing at the bools, on the plainstones before the old kirk, he had seen the deaf and dumb spaewife harled away to the tolbooth, for stealing a pair of trowsers that were hanging drying on a tow in Juden Elshinder's back close. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
Exactly seventeen years later, I find myself in a head to head confrontation with the army, while the public at large is jeering and mocking me from the sidelines.
The crowd jeered when the trustees refused to hear arguments about Hall's exclusion.
The voter would leave the poll to the jeers and threats of those who disapproved of his answer, but fortified by thoughts of the feast to come from his grateful patrons.
Failing to achieve this task in rhythm to the music releases a chorus of boos and jeers, and if it continues for too long, ends your game immediately.
At no moment does he pass up the chance of a cheap sneer or a jeer.
He was jeered into the ring against Froch. Times, Sunday Times
Unwillingly forced to read his letter aloud to his table at sea, Carl came across this bit and a lump rose in his throat as playful jeers rose from his messmates.
His tenure got off to a rocky start yesterday, when he was jeered and harassed by left-wing members of the European Parliament.
As I said to Squeege, it is very easy to jeer from the sidelines and make boastful claims of what you would do in the same situation. Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: June 6, 2006
But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
Home fans jeered their former favourite and Given was not impressed. The Sun
I want to hear the boos and jeers up here in Sin City.
The Hillary supporters did her no favor with their jeering from the sidelines. Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems
There we stood huddled together amid a jeering crowd in a remote bus station of Hunan.
a jeering crowd
The home fans groaned and jeered as the minutes ticked away. Times, Sunday Times
Last year's banquet included the following traditional desi food: Kale channa, rogan josh, keema matar, jeera murgha and Sindhi sabji, topped with zarda or sweet rice.
This time he got boos and jeers. The Sun
The crowd jeered at the speaker
Well, there was a good deal of laughing and jeering, especially on the part of the men (these were idlers: the fishermen were all gone away in the boats); but the women, who had to provide for their households, knew when they had a cheap bargain; and the sale of the 'cuddies' proceeded briskly. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
They sneak in in the midnight hours, but grey-headed women come to jeer them as they pass.
Each time he tried to deflect the question, audience members jeered him.
They jeered the speaker.
And a tongue that could jeer, too, the little limmer had, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
The new guy whispered something to Jessica that Taylor couldn't hear due to the laughter, jeers, taunts, and whistles of the other students.
We know precisely why most people will wish to see it, and it has a whole lot more to do with urges to hoot and jeer and taunt than with any sober discharging of civil responsibilities.
They are respected members of the community and for his family to see him ignoring and jeering his elders and betters is very disappointing.
And jeers to Macleans for priggishly mutilating a perfectly respectful and disciplined dialogue merely for the sake of suppressing the occurrence of an epithet–used in a purely analytical context–certainly no more offensive than that which sparked the controversy this thread is discussing. When keeping it partisan goes wrong (IV) - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca
The joke was met by jeers from the audience. Times, Sunday Times
I wasn't heckled, I wasn't jeered, but my wife and I did have to hustle out of there quickly so we could stop the babysitter's clock from bankrupting us.
More than 500 people filled the small gym, and jeered Smith at every opportunity.
Raising her voice to yell out at the gathered crowd she jeered, ‘Are we tired of her control?’
The workers booed and jeered as the manger of the factory addressed their annual Christmas meeting.
Now as to your death threat angle, even it you're right and I have my doubts - the term "jeered" doesn't seem to connote any physical threat or death wish, there's still a huge disconnect between bratty kids shouting threats and having them mauled by bears. Bad Boy Bible Study
He was jeered for joking about missing jets, then goaded fans to boo louder. The Sun
After seeing their showpiece team jeered by sections of Wembley during the Hungary game. Times, Sunday Times
They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches.
The boy struck at his companion who had jeered at him.
When the Commission finds in her husband's favour, she has to watch her poisoner pardoned, freed and fêted as a popular celebrity, while she faces an increasingly viperous press, and is jeered at and spat on in the streets.
It follows two deaf-mute dockers who are completely cut-off from the outside world and are constantly pursued by groups of jeering children.
And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project.
Half-time was over and I could hear the crowd cheering and jeering.
Her gravelly laughter was the obverse of infectious: a jeering sound to put you on the alert. MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
The US Secretary of State was booed and jeered throughout his speech as he sought to put a positive spin on US wrecking tactics at the summit and its failure to take effective action in protecting the world's environment.
Don't jeer at the person who came last in the race - it's very unkind.
THE jeering can be heard from miles away. The Sun
His lips curled in thin lines of contempt as he watched through eyes the shouting, jeering crowd. Christianity Today
Aylwin, who had supported Pinochet's 1973 coup, was jeered by crowds outside the cemetery.
She took to the London stage again but this time her lateness and unreliable vocals elicited cat-calls, jeers and even projectiles from angry audiences.
He was booed and jeered by 16,000 spectators for not walking promptly after giving a desperately hard-to-judge return catch.
Many of the men chuckled hardily at her pathetic attempt, jeering her with foul words and phrases.
Their tenor was boastful and jeering and the only reasonable inference was they thought they had somehow fooled and misled the court. The Sun
It has become an Easter bank holiday tradition to see an angry minister being jeered and heckled by teachers who seem to enjoy taking a break from being the ones at the front of the class.
A figure of fun, his name was jeered for his hypocrisy, booed for his betrayal.
He makes it fast to the cable - he reeves the jeer-fall through it - the jeer-fall is brought to the capstan, with the standing part belayed to the bitts.
Meera, varan wt jeera is new n looks good- u know keeping the rest of recipe same, consistency thick, addition of 2 cloves garlic+2 green chilies in grinding and addition of boiled shenga during boiling stage makes it a differentmallu dish! Jiryache Varan - Cumin flavored daal
With the crowd jeering and whistling, the USA pulled away in the fourth quarter to secure victory.
And crowds of possibly a few thousand stand around jeering and throwing things, apparently having been whipped into a frenzy by the rabble-rousing of said local religious authorities.
But the air was just as thick with the old sneers and jeers.
His only involvement so far was in an opening day defeat by Middlesbrough, during which he was jeered by his own fans.
At times their voices did harshen and escalate, though never, it seemed, into full-blown argument, just mild jeers or teasing mixed with bouts of adolescent jostling, all of which Vincent, ten paces removed from the cusp of their circle, found vaguely distracting. Heaven Lake
This was the same man who had coolly stolen wife and property from his own brother and then had jeered at him, probably with that same expression puckering about his evil, gray eyes. The Rainy Day Railroad War
It didn’t happen to you so it’s easy to jeer from the sidelines. Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: June 6, 2006
‘This battle will be much more interesting than I thought,’ Seres jeered, laughing loudly.
Sime flung a jeer from the top of the canoe, the women snickered in his face, cries of derision rose in his wake, but he took no notice, pressing onward to the house of Scundoo. THE MASTER OF MYSTERY
The unbearable note of flippant jeering, which is underneath almost all modern utterance. The Plumed Serpent
In recent weeks, he has sneered and jeered and delighted in telling pro-hunting country people to submit to the will of the townies in banning the hunt and sentencing tens of thousands of hounds to death.
The new Defence minister, John Hutton, has praised the idea of homecoming parades (wanting more of them) and criticised those who 'jeer' at the returning troops: Slugger O'Toole
After seeing their showpiece team jeered by sections of Wembley during the Hungary game. Times, Sunday Times
At halftime, there are loud cheers from the home fans, loud jeers from the away end. Times, Sunday Times
Smith did not take it well and promptly returned the favour, carding Gazza to a volley of jeers from the capacity crowd, Hibs fans included.
There was constant jeering and interruption from the floor.
But hitherto they were not blessed with children, and Mary was jeered at more than once, the people saying that her barrenness was a punishment sent by God. The Lake
The joke was met by jeers from the audience. Times, Sunday Times
He was jeered and heckled by his club's own supporters at Upton Park on Monday when his team beat Middlesbrough
Eric's ego was bruised when the crowd jeered a wayward shot and he tore off his shirt in disgust.
He said that he had no recollection of Ms Short being "jeered" and told to be quiet when she tried to raise the issue, as she claimed when she gave evidence last week. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
He was the one who led the other squires in their jeering taunts that had resulted in Rheyce's own sound thrashing.
You know I'm right!" she jeered.
Fujimori's vow Friday to protect the constitution provoked jeers from opposition congressmen, who accused him of violating it many times during his decade in power.
As the march swung past Number 10 there was a cacophony of whistles, boos, jeers and insults.
Clothahump turned from trying to refocus a finger on the jeering famulus and glanced angrily at the otter. A Corridor in the Asylum
Almost eight years ago, you made a remark -- this may show you that if we "jeer" at your remarks, we remember them. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
This time he got boos and jeers. The Sun
The G.O.P. chairman, Michael Steele, and enforcers of Republican political correctness like William Kristol and the blogger Michele Malkin jeered Specter and cheered his departure. Sunday Reading
His lips curled in thin lines of contempt as he watched through eyes the shouting, jeering crowd. Christianity Today
He was jeered by supporters in his final season at the Nou Camp, and in the last few months he has been dropped by both club and country.
He would prefer to die than hear the jeers of people rejoicing at his downfall.
Of course, he was drinking ginger ale, despite the jeering he had received at the bar when he ordered the non-alcoholic drink.
I wasn't heckled, I wasn't jeered, but my wife and I did have to hustle out of there quickly so we could stop the babysitter's clock from bankrupting us.
Exactly seventeen years later, I find myself in a head to head confrontation with the army, while the public at large is jeering and mocking me from the sidelines.
And we are more apt to be offended with a joke than a plain and scurrilous abuse; for we see the latter often slip from a man unwittingly in passion, but consider the former as a thing voluntary, proceeding from malice and ill-nature; and therefore we are generally more offended at a sharp jeerer than a whistling snarler. Essays and Miscellanies
Look at her, May jeered, nodding over the road, thinks she's a ballet dancer.
He would prefer to die than hear the jeers of people rejoicing at his downfall.
The children are victimised, picked on, beaten up, laughed and jeered at.
There were no jeers, no boos ; no songs of an unsavoury nature. Times, Sunday Times
The home fans groaned and jeered as the minutes ticked away. Times, Sunday Times

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