Example Sentences

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While crowing about its Pentagon projects, IonQ hasn’t highlighted that the majority of them weren’t funded in the last two federal budgets, Wolfpack says.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

This was supposed to be the crowing glory of the Bazball project, a series England had been building towards for 18 months and which McCullum said could "define" his team.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

It will never lose its potency as a crowing statement of devotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

“When you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”

From Salon • May 3, 2025

Roosters were crowing before I went to sleep.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck