cockcrow

Example Sentences

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So why did the Senate meet before the cockcrow last week?

From Fox News

The cockcrows faded, only to make us aware of our silence, the silence that asked, Who will be next to leave us?

From Literature

At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day Lo the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay; Watch thou and pray.

From Project Gutenberg

At cockcrow the vampire came out all blue and grinning; but, though she yelled horribly, she could not touch the man in the circle, who put the cross in the coffin.

From Project Gutenberg

He rose late, but this terrible discovery was still there, undispelled by cockcrow or the day.

From Project Gutenberg