cockeyed

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Mr. Braun, who appeared in the series “Succession,” is a good foot taller than his co-star, giving an amusing physical aspect to their cockeyed friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Chun’s do-re-me scales become cockeyed before you grasp what’s happening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Likewise, the cockeyed view of these Texans, who sometimes, but not always, let other people get away with things, is endearing.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

Yet MacColl — who died at 41 in 2000 — is omnipresent each holiday season: It’s her voice offering tart rejoinders to Shane MacGowan in the Pogues’ cockeyed Christmas anthem “Fairytale of New York.”

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023

A prince hadn't a cockeyed notion how to fend for himself.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman