cuckoo

Example Sentences

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"Switzerland has nurtured many unexpected good things -- Albert Einstein's physics, the world economy, and the cuckoo clock leap to mind -- and is again helping the world appreciate improbable people and ideas."

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

I have lived, Jhabvala said, like “a cuckoo forever insinuating myself into others’ nests.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Nothing about “Another Simple Favor” or its equally cuckoo bananas predecessor, “A Simple Favor,” is subtle.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

Condit screamed to her mother to call 911 and hurried to collect a few belongings: documents, pillows, a cuckoo clock.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

In her plain black dress she sat there like a cuckoo that has forced its way into another bird's nest.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke