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

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

That’s exactly what Davis wrote in a 2006 book warning about the threat of avian flu, complete with a photo of a menacing white rooster on the cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

Therefore, the official order for the zodiac animals is as follows: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

Every day, she would wake the rooster who slept by the fountain in the courtyard.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri