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Examples of cockeyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Carmen’s back and neck are perpetually bent at a right angle, her left shoulder humping up cockeyed thanks to years of untreated scoliosis. Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024 Jefferson approaches all of his characters with an expansive, if occasionally jaundiced, sense of cockeyed compassion. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023 From the cockeyed grandeur of the Centro Histórico to the discreet galleries of Santa María la Ribera to the glamorous cafes of Condesa, these are the eight districts every visitor should get to know. Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023 With LuPone’s perversely opportunistic Mrs. Lovett reviewing the prospective cannibalistic menu, his Sweeney perfectly complemented her cockeyed humor with his own savage drollery. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for cockeyed 

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“Cockeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockeyed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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