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.
  • There’s this brick man who heckled us at one of my live events.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 13 June 2025
  • You get heckled a bit because of those things as well.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Some of the sixth graders began heckling.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • She got heckled at the premiere.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 5 Aug. 2025
  • As Philly fans booed and heckled, Verse put a hand to his ear.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • Reaves shouted at heckling fans.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
  • Being the coach’s kid and getting heckled and judged for it.
    — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • They shouldn't be heckled for wearing short trunks or even a Speedo.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 23 June 2017
  • They shouldn't be heckled for wearing short trunks or even a Speedo.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 2 July 2018
  • He was even heckled at different points about the war.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Odds are, Tumpane was heckled at the ballpark last night by some fans.
    — Billy Heyen, cleveland.com, 29 June 2017
  • Cruz's wife was heckled, and the senator was booed off stage.
    — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Guards heckled her, made lewd jokes, asked about her genitalia.
    — J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The people who had to wait when someone blocked the way with a truck and got out to heckle.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The Steelers star was seen taking a swing at the fan who heckled him.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Many at road games marvel at the skill and either watch in amazement or try to heckle.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • People walking their dogs or heading out on dates stopped to heckle.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Even at Cellar Door, they’ve been heckled and called groomers.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The event was open to the public, and some of the attendees heckled and hissed at him.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Trump is no stranger to being heckled at public outings.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe the problem is that our presidents don't get heckled enough.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Puig said he was heckled in the on-deck circle, which is directly in front of those choice seats.
    — CBS News, 14 June 2017
  • Beyond being heckled, cursed at, and pelted with eggs and rocks, he was forced to hide from mobs.
    — TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In court, lawyers for the monk were heckled by other lawyers and stopped from defending him, his team said.
    — Saif Hasnat, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Still, his friends and family members are no strangers to being heckled on the street.
    — Alison Kuznitz, courant.com, 9 July 2018
  • Smith said a San Clemente student then came up and started heckling them too.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019

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