catcall
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“Every time I would skate, people would catcall us or yell at us to do a kickflip,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Tuberville smiles at what amounts to an Alabama catcall, but he doesn’t engage.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
About 6,000 people jammed the Civic Auditorium to cheer, boo, catcall and heckle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2020
Men catcall her on the street; she breaks down, in one instance, and screams.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 11, 2019
These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
He fled from the room amid a hail of catcalls, but of course he was right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
With the Madrid fans' catcalls still ringing in his ears, Laporta provided his own answer.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
When the catcalls and chants rain down on Bregman or Altuve, it’s not because Philadelphia has some special, specific venom toward either of them.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
More jeering, whistling, catcalls, and scattered boos accompanied this unsportsmanlike conduct.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
That’s because unlike her experience with men, a bear has never harassed her, catcalled her, followed her, thrown a bottle at her or otherwise made her feel unsafe.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
I don't think the show has a goal of getting people excited about being catcalled as we know how frustrating, annoying and dangerous that could be.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
In Memphis on Saturday, protesters chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" angrily catcalled a police car that was monitoring the march, with several making obscene gestures.
From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2023
"I have never been catcalled, but my friends have been and it isn't very nice," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018
Ladies stood on their chairs and waved their handkerchiefs, while men threw up their hats, danced, and catcalled.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
“They were catcalling and whistling, and the crew all started doing versions of the dance. It sparked a lot of joy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
Whilst serving as equalities minister in 2018, Ms Schiappa brought in legislation outlawing catcalling and street harassment.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
Britain’s government said Friday that it was backing legislation to criminalize public sexual harassment, joining a handful of countries that have made specific offenses such as catcalling punishable by law.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
A bill introduced by Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark will see wolf-whistling, catcalling and staring persistently become an offence in England.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers catcalling.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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