jeering

How To Use jeering In A Sentence

• But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
• If Xblogger sets up a “funny” site or blog section about Yblogger – if Xblogger’s pals use the comments of that blog for jeering at Yblogger on a regular basis – if a Technorati feed on “Yblogger” repeatedly turns up hateful remarks by Xblogger and pals – I think that’s bullying whether the jeering is sexual or not. Scripting News for 3/29/2007 « Scripting News Annex
• A new chain of cheering started and men began to crowd Tristan and pat him on the back, laughing and jeering.
• But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as " draft - dodgers ".
• The youths still hanging around on the stoop opposite began cheering, or jeering, he couldn't tell which. COMPULSION
• One of the most memorable parts of the State of the Union was when the President had to remind certain jeering members of congress that taking budgetary steps this fiscal year that don’t take effect until next fiscal year is “how budgeting works.” Matthew Yglesias » That’s How Budgeting Works
• I told the feller in jeering vernacular, 'thy sister my darling, thy name?' — Archive 2008-04-01
• Of course, he was drinking ginger ale, despite the jeering he had received at the bar when he ordered the non-alcoholic drink.
• He interrupted my speech with jeering.
• But the little children and dirt-pie manufacturers were presently succeeded by followers of a larger growth, and a number of lads and girls from the factory being let loose at this hour, joined the mob, and began laughing, jeering, hooting, and calling opprobrious names at the Frenchman. The History of Pendennis