more cocksure
Example Sentences
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As his banishment gets closer, he only grows more cocksure.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023
You have never met a more cocksure lot than the monetary-policy clerisy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2016
These first pages bear witness both to the energy of his genius and also to its unenlightenment; he seems more ignorant and more cocksure than so great a man should be.
From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
"I never thought you'd notice—" "And you seem more cocksure than ever—" "Cocksure is an ugly word, Diana."
From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery
The less people know of a foreign nation the greater nonsense they talk in general, and the more cocksure they are about their own opinions.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
