Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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Plenty of naysayers will crow about the practical use of knowing how to read an analog clock once the electricity goes out, but since when is school about teaching practical skills?
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
When there is a good film on the slate, it will crow from the rooftops about how much people love it.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2017
Bosses and union haters will crow that unions are dying institutions, and even our friends may write eulogies.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2017
"Smashed a 4k run at an average pace of 12.35 a kilometre," your least-favourite Facebook friend will crow twice a week for ever.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2014
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
