Sentence examples for as cocked from inspiring English sources

By the time he was 17, Adams was an adept bowler; he often gave informal exhibitions of bowling tricks such as "cocked hat", "back frame", and letting the head pin remain standing.

Down at the barn, the dead swallow lies beside a wren I found this winter, its tail as sharply cocked, as impertinent, as it was when alive.

In "Big Pimpin'" he's not as cock-sure as he used to be.

The Democrats, on the other hand, will be as cock-a-hoop as their rivals were last week, and rightly so, even if the stakes were lower since fewer people care as much about the VP performance.

She was, according to her champions, critiquing the very notion of authorship and ownership – as well as cocking a snook at the canon of "great white male" photographers.

If the cockatiel looks at you and demonstrates a reaction, such as cocking its head or dilating its pupils, it may be interested in that word.

"He was eyeing the receiver the whole time and as soon as he cocked his arm, I broke on the ball and basically he threw it right to me," Williams said.

She depicts real, enjoyable sex that reflects actual pleasure for all, and not just tropes of woman-as-cock-hungry-damsel, man-as-empty-headed-stallion.

His eyes narrowed, as he cocked his head in recognition.

Umenyiora reached out with his right arm and smacked quarterback Rex Grossman's right hand as he cocked to throw a pass.

As he cocked his right leg for a shot, a scything tackle swept away his left leg, leaving the ball in the net and Hatch on the ground.