weathercock
Example Sentences
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No matter where we find ourselves in these stories, the author’s mind, and thus the reader’s, seems turned like a weathercock toward Homewood.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021
Behind these two varying expressions was a weathercock temperament.
From Time Magazine Archive
Part is uneasy: a weathercock whines; people tell their dreams; once Mr. Dunnock stuffs his beard quickly into his mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harriman reacted to the New Deal like a weathercock in a gale.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked down towards Admiral Boom’s house where the telescope weathercock swung.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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