Example Sentences

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I remember the clucking when Mr. Cook took over as CEO in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"He didn't let US government clucking and handwringing stop him," says Robert Carlin.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

This term means that the hens are not kept in cages, but it doesn’t mean they’re clucking around in the fresh air and sunshine.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023

I am feeding the clucking chickens and singing a chicken song and plotting my journey to the Angels, Los Angeles.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads