Chicken Little
Example Sentences
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I normally think about what could go wrong, and I’ve cried out that we’re heading toward a dystopia more times than Chicken Little shrieked about the sky falling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I’m concerned that people will think it was the Chicken Little, you know, ‘Y’all said the sky was falling, and now nothing’s happened,’” she said in a phone interview.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2025
"We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little," Joughin said in an email.
From Fox News ● Feb. 2, 2022
Mr. Levine was viewed by many — even by progressive members of his own party — as a kind of Chicken Little, anticipating and fearing the worst.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
Problem was, my inner voice resembled Chicken Little: it was screaming that I was about to die, but it did that almost every time I laced up my climbing boots.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
