How to Use rooster in a Sentence

rooster

noun

• We heard the crow of a rooster.
• The crow of a rooster and the ringing of a church bell at dawn.
  — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2021
• The rooster had made it from the main coop to the secondary coop.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• In one moment, a rooster emerged, but the bird was quite young.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
• During the day, the cave is filled with the sound of cows and roosters.
  — Photographs and Text By Bryan Denton, New York Times, 13 May 2018
• The rooster was still in range when his gun spit out the last smoking hull.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 25 May 2020
• There was the rooster who would chase him home every day from the bus stop.
  — courant.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• Even a rooster that looks stone-cold dead in the air can hit the ground running.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2020
• The rooster that woke me up each morning also did the trick.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• Stop to play dominoes at the park and look over the rooster sculptures.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
• These kids wake up at dawn with the roosters, and never stop running.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 10 July 2017
• What can a rooster do for a man’s, or for a woman’s, spirits?
  — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
• At one point, Joel stood up from his piano and struck an arched back rooster pose.
  — USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
• Many of the roosters’ combs and wattles were cut off and some had injuries on their claws.
  — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• Let the dog backtrack and work behind, too, as roosters like to slink out the back door.
  — Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
• Then, one weekend, our young Labrador flushed a rooster a dozen feet in front of me.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2020
• Nothing mimics the flush of a rooster more than shooting a round of trap.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2020
• Among the white, ashy rubble sat an iron rooster and a stone Buddha.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• And no, hens don’t require the attention of a rooster to lay eggs.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
• If the neighbor’s rooster wakes you at the crack of dawn, try Nightingale.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2018
• The rooster is about 8 feet tall and about 4 feet wide, Shabani said.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
• There is a full-service bar and eatery and even a large whiteboard to track the winning roosters.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 12 June 2018
• In some areas, chickens may be allowed but not roosters.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
• All were vetted, named and left to do their thing, along with a rooster named Casanova.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
• The winning rooster's owner takes home a $5 prize and a bag of chicken feed.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022
• We are woken up by the crow of a rooster just before the sun breaks the horizon each morning.
  — Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
• In the corner of the yard, the rooster is crowing away in boisterous voice.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
• Moana's rooster Heihei and pig Pua are both back in the trailer.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
• Gomez said the roosters and hens showed signs of injuries consistent with game fighting.
  — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• On my first walk through the village of Kontopouli, the roosters are crowing.
  — Helene Stapinski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023