Chicken Little

Example Sentences

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“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

“I know so much about what’s happening in that state that I am like Chicken Little, running around going, ‘Everyone get out, but everyone stay because it’s also a great state.’

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2021

“Hey, Chicken Little, we want you to meet someone groovy,” Richard announced one night in November 1967.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2019

Standing on the riverbank in a purple-and-white dress, Sula swinging Chicken Little around and around.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison