rooster

Example Sentences

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In 2018, photographer David Walter Banks captured Santa Monica, Calif.-based Tommy Kendall, a retired champion automobile race-car driver, with his 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, outfitted to look like a giant rooster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 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

When Russo was able to return briefly to her property, she found that a hen, four chicks and a rooster were gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

She shooed away a hopeful rooster and it flapped back with a squawk.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo