Thesaurus / weathercock
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Let us suppose that two people are using them to look at an arrow on a weathercock a long distance off.
THROUGH MAGIC GLASSES AND OTHER LECTURESARABELLA B. BUCKLEY
I have no command of my talents such as they are, and have to watch the varyings of my mind as I would a weathercock.
WASHINGTON IRVINGHENRY W. BOYNTON
They are as careful of the age as the weathercock is of the wind.
THE WORKS OF WHITTIER, VOLUME VI (OF VII)JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
It was in vain that one party objected to the weathercock politics of Talleyrand.
THE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTEJOHN GIBSON LOCKHART
"While you were asleep, my dear little Madge," answered the Weathercock.
THE CRUISE OF THE NOAH'S ARKDAVID CORY
They clucked and chirped, so that the Weathercock heard it; and he heard it, but he never stirred.
WHAT THE MOON SAW: AND OTHER TALESHANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The noise of a cannon is not needed to break his train of thought, it need only be the creaking of a weathercock or a pulley.
THE THOUGHTS OF BLAISE PASCALBLAISE PASCAL
"Sure there's a weathercock in the family," said the voice in the crowd.
HANDY ANDY, VOLUME ONESAMUEL LOVER
"He is a weathercock, turning every moment from side to side," said Gardiner, with a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders.
HENRY VIII AND HIS COURTLOUISE MUHLBACH
But once, on regaining the open, some one noticed that a weathercock had been struck off one of the gables.
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WORDS RELATED TO WEATHERCOCK
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.