How to Use peanut gallery in a Sentence

peanut gallery

noun
  • Many of the ideas coming from his peanut gallery were equally poor.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Sorry, peanut gallery, but that’s not provable.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Not all the derision was from the online peanut gallery.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 June 2026
  • As Evans and the others sat back down, a cry came out from the back of the peanut gallery.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But what, the online peanut gallery wonders, about romance?
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
  • Her realization seems to sway a portion of the peanut gallery.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The power of Jackass has always rested with the peanut gallery.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2022
  • One is expected to post their losses (or gains) with their positions and then face the peanut gallery.
    — CNN, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The conservative peanut gallery promptly fell into line, too.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • People could be eager to get your attention today, so be prepared for the peanut gallery to start chatting you up.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Her repertoire of recipes was quick, consistent, and – most importantly – didn’t stir up complaints from the peanut gallery.
    — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Arnold, Azzi Fudd and Kayleigh Heckel had formed a peanut gallery behind the scrum, arms folded.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
  • The peanut gallery looks on in awe — Emily still has around 80 nails left to get through by the time Tina has cleared her entire board.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But neither one of them feels quite so threatening to the top two — and so likely to elicit groans from the peanut gallery — as Hamnet.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And contrary to the table-pounding from the partisan peanut gallery, all choices have consequences.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the music industry, the pop-culture peanut gallery and Houston’s rocky private life were pulling her down.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Mention Dimes Square on Twitter and the media-class peanut gallery will throw virtual tomatoes at your head.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
  • While three bakers compete in each round, the remaining participants sit on stage as a peanut gallery, lobbing questions and comments.
    — The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The revelation quickly made headlines, and the social-media peanut gallery was sharply derisive.
    — Emma Sandler, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Comcast could wind up turning a profit when all is said and done, but the stillness at the heart of the online peanut gallery may prove to be Paris’ greatest legacy.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But Smith remembers the online peanut gallery after the spinoff’s 2020 premiere.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • The peanut gallery on the outside won’t sway his optimism, especially in last year’s first-round pick, Xavier Legette.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The private sorrows that are amplified by a thousand casually cruel cuts from the cultural peanut gallery.
    — April Daniels Hussar, Allure, 24 July 2024
  • Robyn refused to accept a one-on-one discussion with Candiace, which allowed for too much interference from the peanut gallery.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The online peanut gallery wasn't limited to American spectators.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 June 2025
  • In other words, Disney wants its shows and movies to remain the star attraction, without snarky comments or other distracting asides from the peanut gallery.
    — Todd Spangler, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a rare moment of silence that follows, as though the work that Jake’s put in is worth holding dear, before the peanut gallery of random guys in the kitchen off to the side start booing.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
  • And the frames got even boxier, earning compliments from the peanut gallery but letting in more light around the sides than the Basecamp and fatiguing my eyes after a full day.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 May 2019
  • Egged on by the conservative peanut gallery, DeSantis has relentlessly pushed himself to the right.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • And as many have observed, Heard has been subjected to much harsher treatment among this century’s peanut gallery — social media — than has Depp.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022

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