rooster

Example Sentences

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Mr. Chalamet, who is onscreen virtually nonstop and moves around it like a rooster on fire, can certainly turn on the charm when he wants to, as in “Wonka.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

While he speaks to me from his home in Sierra Leone, a rooster crows in the background, punctuating his sentences like a barnyard hype man.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025

That’s exactly what Davis wrote in a 2006 book warning about the threat of avian flu, complete with a photo of a menacing white rooster on the cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

Then we got the idea to paint all the hoofs yellow, too, and the cows’ horns, and we caught a rooster that was up on the rafters and painted his beak, and toenails.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns