cocksure

Example Sentences

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After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s.

From Seattle Times

And then, once the Aztecs worked it back to 60-55, Hawkins hit the kind of cocksure three-point shot from the top that one hits only if one has especially large … guts.

From Washington Post

Instead, the top results consist of many outraged responses to Lemon's cocksure proclamation.

From Salon

All this cocksure commentary was accompanied by smirking sideswipes at what Kudlow called “business lefties” who were sounding the alarm about Truss at the outset.

From Los Angeles Times

Photographing this way brought to life those cloudy sepia images of stiffly posed, cocksure men.

From Los Angeles Times