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
The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.
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
The rooster that crowed the loudest usually received the first blow.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.