cuckoo

Example Sentences

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I have lived, Jhabvala said, like “a cuckoo forever insinuating myself into others’ nests.”

From The Wall Street Journal

That meant Lady Constance had eight full cuckoos to build up a head of steam.

From Literature

“No offense, but this is all a little cuckoo for my taste,” Gibby said.

From Literature

The estate is home to rare wildlife, including curlew, mountain bumblebees, lapwings, red squirrels, cuckoo and merlin, as well as Atlantic salmon and critically endangered eels, but the conservationists say nature could be richer still.

From BBC

Like everyone in the movie, he sounds confident and totally cuckoo.

From Los Angeles Times