Example sentences for: cocked

How can you use “cocked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Oddly tender, he nonetheless takes his Galahad act to the point of psychosis, dashing off with gun cocked the instant he hears of a damsel in distress.

  • My friend cocked his head as if to say, You Occidentals!

  • In early Christianity likewise, women found not merely a role, but an instrument of resistance to male domination; in choosing to be a bride of Christ they inevitably cocked a snook at lesser male fry.

  • go off half cocked Muzzleloaders, then as now, had a half cock, or safety position, for a gun's hammer that partially back-locked the trigger mechanism so that the weapon could not be fired.

  • Keep an eye out or an ear cocked today for the hard-soft distinction, and you probably will encounter examples within just a few minutes (not counting the ubiquitous hardwares and softwares , hardballs and softballs ). On the BBC World Service's main morning news program a few days ago, a news reader, in a story about a Kurdish influx into Europe, spoke of Italy as having a soft immigration policy, meaning that illegal aliens are given expulsion orders but not actually subjected to any further action.


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