rooster

Example Sentences

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Mr. Chalamet, who is onscreen virtually nonstop and moves around it like a rooster on fire, can certainly turn on the charm when he wants to, as in “Wonka.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

But the woman also had a rooster on her thumb, showing "an intriguing style with a certain uniqueness," says Dr Caspari.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Jefferson reasoned that Americans had never contracted to make King George III the main rooster — he could take his monarchy and stuff it.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

While he speaks to me from his home in Sierra Leone, a rooster crows in the background, punctuating his sentences like a barnyard hype man.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025

I lie awake most of the night, excited, a bit scared, wondering, waiting for the first rooster crow to signal time to go ashore.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone