Sentence examples for quick to crow from inspiring English sources

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Outside Kadima, politicians were quick to crow.

But if he falters, Mr Thaksin will be quick to crow at the hapless opposition, or what remains of it after a string of recent defections to the ruling party.

Critics were quick to crow that Dacre, chair of the Press Complaints Commission's editors' code of practice committee, had not so much shot the arguments for retaining the status quo in the foot, as in the face.

Women are quick to say that men are pigs, unfaithful and can't ask for directions when driving; they take glee in findings that prove men are more prone to mental retardation, infant mortality and adolescent immaturity and are quick to crow about women's higher pain-thresholds and greater ability to multi-task (as if this proves that women are the stronger sex).

Gordon Brown, courting the unions this week on his coronation march to Britain's highest office, talked about ensuring "justice and integrity" in the tax treatment of private equity; one union boss was quick to crow that "the fat cats are losing the argument on tax".

Guido Fawkes, the author of the UK's most popular political blog, was quick to crow "Guido killed the lobby star" – a reference to his long-running attacks on the cosy relationship between Downing Street and the lobby, which results in mainly newspaper journalists being briefed daily by the prime minister's official spokesman.

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She wanted to crow.

Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukPHYSICISTS have a lot to crow about.

But it is too early for civic leaders to crow.

On this occasion, though, Obama had reason to crow.

Yet when disaster strikes, doomsayers do not get to crow.

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