Sentence examples for be a cock from inspiring English sources

He always used to trot out some winsome little homily his grandmother used to say: 'One day you're cock of the walk, the next you're a feather duster.' But no matter what he does, he'll always be a cock to me".

A clock watcher can be a cock blocker, too.

When he had finished, however, and got off, the apparent hen turned out to be a cock, and the act was again performed with their positions reversed, the original "hen" climbing on to the back of the original cock, whereupon the nature of their proceeding was disclosed".

For example, consider the early 20th century naturalist George Murray Levick who recorded the following observation in his field notes while observing Adélie's penguins in Antarctica " Here on one occasion I saw what I took to be a cock copulating with a hen.

"The IEBC failed so remarkably it cannot be a cock-up," he asserted.In any event, many Kenyans trust that the supreme court will rule fairly on the matter.

It could clearly just be a cock-up but it would be a stunningly large cock-up given how well these people plan for all these events and especially for something like the G20.

Why? It's true that you don't have to be a cock-eyed optimist to find an enchanted evening in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, what with the yawning allure of "Bali Ha'i" and the mournful resonance of "This Nearly Was Mine", rendered here by the strongest voice of the evening, the vibrating operatic Brazilian Paulo Szot.

What I can tell you from my limited sampling is that while American cursing is a fuck-based system, Russian cursing appears to be a cock-based system.

This might well be a cock-up from an intern who didn't know better; I highly doubt there was malicious intent from London Pride's organizers to produce artwork that would sink so quickly and cause such offense.

This might well be a cock-up from an intern who didn't know better; I highly doubt there was malicious intent from London Pride's organisers to produce artwork that would sink so quickly and cause such offence.

On day two it was A Cock and Bull Story.