cluck

Example Sentences

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It certainly also helps that chicken thighs, by wide acclaim, are more difficult to cluck up in the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"Everyone has their own inyeon," they cluck back.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2023

With the annual Thanksgiving holidays fast approaching, the agency leaned heavily into festive puns in their caption, quipping that its officers "are always working around the cluck to keep you safe".

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

Mochrie was eager for a challenge, even if he worried that the laughs would come from making audiences cluck like chickens.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

“Thank you for everything,” I start to say to Thayee, but she cuts me off with a cluck of her tongue.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan