cluck

Example Sentences

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It certainly also helps that chicken thighs, by wide acclaim, are more difficult to cluck up in the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"Everyone has their own inyeon," they cluck back.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2023

With the annual Thanksgiving holidays fast approaching, the agency leaned heavily into festive puns in their caption, quipping that its officers "are always working around the cluck to keep you safe".

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

Order “Lewellyn’s Fine Fried Chicken,” and you get, every time, chicken that’s golden, crisp, juicy — something to cluck about, especially after a shake or two of the stinging housemade hot sauce.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2021

“Gabe, you naughty thing,” Lily said, with a scolding little cluck toward the grinning toddler on the floor.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry