How to Use heckle in a Sentence

heckle

verb

• The players were being heckled by the fans.
• People in the crowd were booing and heckling as she tried to speak.
• Several protesters were heckling the speaker at the rally.
• The event was open to the public, and some of the attendees heckled and hissed at him.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
• Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’’ as fans of his folk style booed and heckled.
  — Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• The people who had to wait when someone blocked the way with a truck and got out to heckle.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• Odds are, Tumpane was heckled at the ballpark last night by some fans.
  — Billy Heyen, cleveland.com, 29 June 2017
• Like start heckling the crowd back, Acosta, like, get ...
  — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2018
• Students turned their backs, and some heckled and booed her.
  — Zaid Jilani, The Intercept, 29 May 2017
• In video footage of the attack on the mayor, the white-haired Mr. Boutaris is heckled by a crowd of men, some masked and dressed in black.
  — Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 21 May 2018
• They shouldn't be heckled for wearing short trunks or even a Speedo.
  — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 2 July 2018
• They shouldn't be heckled for wearing short trunks or even a Speedo.
  — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 23 June 2017
• No one makes fun of anyone, no one is rude or heckling.
  — Leyla Shokoohe, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• Even at Cellar Door, they’ve been heckled and called groomers.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Cruz's wife was heckled, and the senator was booed off stage.
  — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• She has been heckled on the campaign trail over this issue.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
• This will be a State of the Union speech worth watching — even if the president isn’t lucky enough to get heckled again.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• Many at road games marvel at the skill and either watch in amazement or try to heckle.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• Her days as the farmer’s daughter, a lone voice heckling the East Coast intelligentsia from the sticks, were over.
  — Lili Anolik, HWD, 19 June 2017
• Puig said he was heckled in the on-deck circle, which is directly in front of those choice seats.
  — CBS News, 14 June 2017
• Smith said a San Clemente student then came up and started heckling them too.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
• There’s a dramatic staged heckling at the start of your special.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
• The video also made its way to YouTube, where the community has been heckling the would-be vandals.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2020
• Still, his friends and family members are no strangers to being heckled on the street.
  — Alison Kuznitz, courant.com, 9 July 2018
• As Trump rebuked Biden’s claim, people in the crowd began to heckle and laugh at Trump's remarks.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
• Maybe the problem is that our presidents don't get heckled enough.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 10 Feb. 2023
• Bust out your best moonwalk-in-bowling-shoes dance moves, drink some watery beer, and heckle your date.
  — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• Media reports at the time said the heckling Boston fans, who sat close to the outfielders in Fenway Park, got to him.
  — Andy Marso, kansascity, 20 Oct. 2017
• Passers-by heckled him in response, and a police officer asked him to leave the premises.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
• Williams also sings karaoke in the episode but almost immediately gets heckled by teammates, who boo him and throw paper his way.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024