ROOSTER in a Sentence

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For ROOSTER, below is one of 8 sentences:
As for Aunt Pitty, she was nervously trying to stifle a belch, for the rooster they had had for supper was a tough old bird.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROOSTER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rooster
 n.  adult male chicken
Classic Sentence:
1  As for Aunt Pitty, she was nervously trying to stifle a belch, for the rooster they had had for supper was a tough old bird.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  It would be selfish to eat the rooster alone, and if Melanie would only move her top hoop a little higher no one would notice anything and she was so flat in the bust anyway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  Once he brought home a rooster which he said he found in the woods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  Now, Jake,' grandmother was saying, 'if you can find that old rooster that got his comb froze, just give his neck a twist, and we'll take him along.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
5  One old rooster was stirring about, pecking at the solid lump of ice in their water-tin.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
6  While I was putting my horse away, I heard a rooster squawking.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
7  Grandmother hunted up her fancy cake-cutters and baked gingerbread men and roosters, which we decorated with burnt sugar and red cinnamon drops.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XI
Example Sentence:
1  A rooster, cock or cockerel is a male chicken, the female being called a hen.