Example Sentences

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But like the best critics, Kindler lashes from a clear love of the art form, and comedy fans will cackle at this dense collection of bits.

From New York Times • May 8, 2020

Two geese, that’s bad: if I grab one the other will cackle.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

If you hatch some chickens by heat, miles away from any other fowls, the hens will cackle, and the cocks will crow, all the same, although no one has taught them.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various

Such a goose is man; and cackles over plush-velvet Grand Monarques and woollen Galley-slaves; over everything and over nothing,—and will cackle with his whole soul merely if others cackle!

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

While blue-birds warble, swallows scream, Or hens will cackle clear.

From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.