| 单词 | cocksure |
| 例句 | He — a cocksure brute much given to womanizing and the lion-hunt — nursed a grievance in his heart, and would not let it go. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And I really do not think that America, adolescent and cocksure, a stranger to suffering and travail, an enemy of passion and sacrifice, is ready to probe into its most fundamental beliefs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was cocksure, jubilant, at that moment I almost had the courage to claim equality. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “As cocksure as the devil—and as irresistible, aren’t you? But what are we going to do with you?” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a gift for sleeping, he’d boasted, smiling in that cocksure way of his. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The moment we walked out of the classroom, his cocksure veneer, the spit and polish, would return. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Few trainers, even the most cocksure, were fool enough to buy a horse from the master. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Away from the cameras, he earned a reputation for volatility: a cocksure performer who drank too much and let success go to his head. Gary Oldman: from Sid to Smiley: the rollercoaster story of a true British great 2012-02-09T18:59:00Z But she wrote like a fallen angel, a slangy, cocksure Satan who guessed God was asleep. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Bright and articulate but also just a little cocksure, Ralston says that by the time he was airlifted to hospital, he had lost 40lbs and had just 15 minutes left to live. On the set of 127 Hours, the first big film of 2011 2011-01-01T00:04:00Z But even when they break up and Julie discovers new pursuits, she finds her bond with the cocksure Aksel hard to shake. He’s a Doctor. He’s an Actor. He’s an Indie Heartthrob. 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z But “song” isn’t right; it’s more like misandrist slam poetry, a spoken-word diatribe, addressed to an “office lady,” that sends up every cocksure sleaze who’s ever buttonholed a woman: A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Together they watch YouTube footage of Lane’s glory days as a cocksure young champ. Pull no punches: how sports movies swapped triumph for truth 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In his opening monologue, Gervais was so cocksure of how “nervous” he was making everyone that he forgot to tell any lacerating jokes, instead trotting out tired references to Roman Polanski and “Schindler’s List.” The 2016 Golden Globes Get Weird-Drunk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Most of his best poems show people — himself or others — using their bodies for good: “b- / boys contort cocksure / swagger into dance.” In Patrick Rosal’s Poetry, Physical Exuberance Takes Flight 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A dance of distrust begins between the cocksure Crawford and the lithe, charming Sophie across a vivid, widescreen backdrop of cars, clothes and coastline. Review: Allen casts a limp spell in ‘Magic’ 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Harlow is a notably adept technical rapper, cocksure and also sometimes witty; some of his earliest breakout moments were punch-line-packed radio freestyles. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Here was music — largely masterminded by the producer Teddy Park — that was curious, chaotic and cocksure. Blackpink and the Limits of K-Pop Maximalism 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z For as disposable as cocksure graduates often find these addresses, they’ve become perhaps more resonant for world-weary viewers muddling through their post-collegiate lives. Congratulations, by the way: David Foster Wallace, George Saunders and fighting the TED Talks-ization of commencement speeches 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z When I left I was pretty cocksure and confident that America was more just than not in the way it dealt with other countries. Book Talk: The dark doubts in the heart of a Mormon missionary 2013-06-21T14:18:17Z The story centers on William Johnson, the handsome, cocksure son of a wealthy Philadelphia shipbuilder. Dinosaurs — and Michael Crichton — roar again in ‘Dragon Teeth’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Instead, the top results consist of many outraged responses to Lemon's cocksure proclamation. Is Don Lemon sexist? Maybe, but that's just part of the problem for CNN 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z As mercenary and cocksure as this songwriting is, there’s a reluctance that holds it — or her — back. Call Carly Rae Jepsen a Pop Star With Depth (Maybe) 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z It opened with a news conference at a fancy international hotel by a cocksure U.S. president having just arrived in the oil-rich Middle East. Mozart in Trump Tower, and the art of getting political onstage 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z A cocksure Iron Man and Batman stand in closer proximity than Marvel and DC Comics' attorneys have likely ever allowed their superheroes to stand before. The costumes are the stars of Academy Museum exhibit 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Individually they constitute a cocksure human thief, a green female alien, a bald blue bruiser and a talking raccoon who never goes anywhere without his personal bodyguard... a walking tree named Groot. Galaxy's quest to put fun in fantasy 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Wright’s ebullient and cocksure Jay, who grabs our interest and sympathy from the start, also reveals emotional depths. Review | Timely ‘The Royale’ comes out swinging 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z McEnany responded in her usual cocksure manner: “Local authorities. It was a ditch in Wisconsin.” Perspective | Journalists, beware: This White House can’t be trusted to be truthful about Trump’s health 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He was cocksure and tackily dressed in a plaid blazer, red tie and a carnation pinned to his lapel; Brockmire’s flame burned a little too brightly. IFC’s “Brockmire” pitches a perfect offensive first season 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z We also learn about a cocksure young man slow to realize the high price of war to those who lived through it. 'The Girl in the Blue Beret': Bobbie Ann Mason's exquisite novel of war and remembrance 2011-07-06T22:21:05Z Mr. Rickles developed a persona that was a carefully crafted combination of cocksure wiseguy, playground bully and naughty, insecure child who just pulled the dog’s tail. Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Lambert also sings in a plethora of different voices — cocksure, sentimental, bruising, bruised, tender, resentful. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The next year, he released his major-label debut album, “Lace Up,” with its cocksure single, “Wild Boy.” Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It spooked the studios so badly they set loose untold cocksure young directors – Scorsese and Coppola et al – in a desperate attempt to play catch-up. Peter Fonda: the elegant rebel who set the counterculture in motion 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Both actors are quite watchable, and presumably as the series goes along it will close the gap between Mr. Flynn’s cocksure, somewhat impudent Einstein and Mr. Rush’s scholarly one. Review: ‘Genius,’ a Portrait of the Man Behind the Equation 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z They are cocksure, and probably for good reason — these are the intellectual nobility, the winners. Gene Weingarten: How do you tell Snap, Crackle and Pop apart? Who cares? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z An opening section on a cocksure young bullfighter proves fleetingly illuminating, though subsequent features on child cage-fighters and a 12-year-old lion tamer are surprisingly devoid of interest. Tonight's TV highlights: A Farmer's Life For Me 2011-02-01T00:05:01Z “I was done,” he said in his cocksure way during a half-hour interview. Young Immigrant in Denmark Lashes Out in Verse 2014-04-02T17:00:39Z Her voice was silky with feigned cordiality but behind it was the cocksure certainty of people who know they’re right and you’re wrong because God is on their side. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Donald Trump looked assertive, smart and cocksure on NBC’s “The Apprentice” because a savvy executive producer named Mark Burnett made him appear to be these things. Omarosa won’t save us from Trump: Stop hitching your hope to the stars 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z In the key role of Francis, Wilder comes up with a plausible, swaggering, cocksure persona. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage It's not just their cocksure, funny attitude, though that definitely adds to their charisma. Shane Meadows: 'This is the closest thing to a love letter I've ever made' 2013-05-26T07:00:00Z It was a cocksure swagger of pouting androgyny that appealed to pubescent working-class youth across Britain – a Britain still dominated by postwar austerity and weed-filled bomb sites. Gary Kemp: My teen crush on David Bowie 2010-06-28T20:45:00Z And there are several clever, bordering on clever-clever, gags from a comic who's never afraid to look cocksure in the name of humour. Tom Rosenthal ? review 2011-08-17T17:44:23Z The Aristotelians of the internet, the cocksure and the commonsensical, know what is right for no other reason than they do. If you want my opinion, what we need are experts, not windbags 2013-02-24T00:05:40Z “Coal took them in as teenagers, proud, cocksure, and gave them back fully played out. Withered and silent,” Scotton writes. Book review: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Earth’ 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z It would be nice if Act 2 offered a little more insight into Dad, to earn Gallaher's moving hints of a haunted heart within the cocksure patriarch. 'Leaving Iowa': A slightly different take on father-son bonding 2012-05-31T20:23:12Z Here, instead, is a cocksure statement of confidence and maturity. The Vaccines: Come of Age – Review 2012-08-30T14:29:01Z Here was someone whose cocksure impertinence matched his — and she could sing, to boot, rendering “How Little We Know” to Hoagy Carmichael’s piano. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ Smith The stylish guitarist, the cocksure front man; Kasabian are often dismissed as an Oasis tribute favoured by lager-swilling football hooligans. Who are Britain's best band? 2012-09-28T10:10:00Z Lucifer appears only in the second act, which is regrettable because Brandon Williams plays him pretty much the same way he played a cocksure rocker in “Gettin’ the Band Back Together.” Review: The Devil Wears Pleather but Can’t Save ‘Christmas in Hell’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Enter Rick Fielding, the cocksure, lavishly endorsed idol of the Indian Premier League, for whom five-day games are for old men in white flannels. Twenty20 2010-07-29T21:15:00Z Egor Beroev plays Marat, a cocksure Kazakh fisherman who returns to his hometown years after a tragedy, only to find that the sea has receded clear out of sight. Waiting for the Sea – first look review 2012-11-09T17:05:27Z “I liken him to Prince, or Kanye West. When he says he’s really good at music, he’s not being cocksure — he just knows he has skills and takes music very seriously.” Meet the Kids Who’ll Make ‘Sing Street’ Rock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The one who’s cocksure and reckless and the one with doubts on top of doubts. Homeland Watch: The Inside Man 2012-10-08T12:00:16Z Mr. Miranda’s Hamilton, somehow cocksure and insecure at once, is the unedited, effusive, garrulous one, who wears his feelings and his opinions on his flowing sleeves. Review: In ‘Hamilton,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Forges Democracy Through Rap 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But in the more fractured reality of a global age, and from a less cocksure perspective, it came to seem special. | Abroad: Take My Bulgarian Joke Book. Please. 2010-10-27T17:57:00Z Watching his transformation over the course of the show’s five seasons – full of cocksure, swaggering, puppyish bounce at the start, but reduced to a dead-eyed, leaden ghost by the end – was truly harrowing. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul: ‘I miss Jesse Pinkman’ 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z As she read her statement in court, gone was the cocksure grin, replaced by sobbing. Jenna Ellis and Michael Cohen: The struggle is real, when Trump co-conspirators are also his victims 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z By constantly interrupting his fellow would-be presidential aspirants with a firehose of cocksure imbecilities, Ramaswamy captured the attention of the political chattering classes. Column: Vivek Ramaswamy's idiotic play for airtime is working, God help us 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The same cocksure predictions — what Weizenbaum called “grandiose fantasies” — have been part of the AI world since its inception. Column: Artificial intelligence chatbots are spreading fast, but hype about them is spreading faster 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z There’s much more about Kennedy’s output of cocksure misinformation than can fit in this space. Column: RFK Jr.'s town hall showed the folly of trying to fact-check quackery in real time 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The contest is often between the nuances of scientific inquiry and the cocksure bluntness of pseudoscience. Column: Sorry, Joe Rogan: Scientists should never 'debate' anti-vaccine quacks. Here's why 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z After taking an architectural correspondence course and apprenticeship in his teens, the cocksure Ritchie had designed banks, opera houses and courthouses throughout Kansas by his early 20s. A fireproof ‘Cruel Castle’ rose on First Hill after Seattle's big blaze 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z And then, once the Aztecs worked it back to 60-55, Hawkins hit the kind of cocksure three-point shot from the top that one hits only if one has especially large … guts. Remember the titan: Connecticut’s title ends NCAA tourney of upstarts 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z All this cocksure commentary was accompanied by smirking sideswipes at what Kudlow called “business lefties” who were sounding the alarm about Truss at the outset. Column: Britain's prime minister followed the GOP's economic plan. She lost her job in record time. 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Photographing this way brought to life those cloudy sepia images of stiffly posed, cocksure men. Capturing old-time baseball with a 113-year-old camera 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z His days as one of the most beloved and cocksure athletes to grace the District appeared to be coming to an end. Perspective | We’re seeing John Wall at his strongest. He still has some heavy lifting. 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z And just how immature and cocksure must Murray be to believe he doesn’t need to spend extra time learning about his upcoming opponent or connecting with his receivers? Perspective | Kyler can’t play today, guys. He’s got to finish his homework. 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Woods with a wedge or a putter in his hands had always been commanding and cocksure. Tiger Woods: My Leg Feels OK, as Long as I Don’t Play Golf 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z If she has learned anything in 10 decades, it’s to not be too cocksure of anything. The 'Mighty Mo' begins her second century as a swimming champion 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Scolari played a cocksure, if sometimes vacuous, television producer, Michael Harris, who persuades Newhart’s character to host a local show. Peter Scolari, stage and TV actor who won an Emmy for ‘Girls,’ dies at 66 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Back then it was the gold tooth, the Bogle dance goal celebration and the cocksure way he strolled around a pitch. The black sporting heroes who changed our lives 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Tom Barrack snowed them, by projecting an earnestness and a cocksure confidence in his own knowingness that television finds irresistible. Column: Tom Barrack's willing enabler — TV news 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Not artists and creators, who have to deal with new cadres of cocksure philistines running the content side of things by reading from the bottom line up. Column: AT&T got nothing but pain from its WarnerMedia merger. It's well deserved 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z “The governor understands the political value of taking action and creating the perception of strength, even if it occasionally seems cocksure or bullying,” said Eric Phillips, a former spokesman for Mr. de Blasio. Can Andrew Cuomo’s ‘Bullying’ Style Still Work in Politics? 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z One is that they’re often driven by market gurus who attract large followings through cocksure projections of the future or observations about the present. Column: GameStop isn't the first stock market mania, and it won't be the last 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z As Trump’s budget director, Mulvaney was a fount of cocksure lies. Column: The rats fleeing Trump's sinking ship don't deserve to be praised 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z He was strikingly cocksure — brimming with authority and impudence — and appealed to audiences in even the most ludicrous of star vehicles. Sean Connery, who brought James Bond to life on film, dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z He was cocksure and intense — some said arrogant — on the pitcher’s mound, armed with a baffling arsenal of fastballs, curveballs, sliders and, he later admitted, spitballs. Whitey Ford, Yankees pitching ace who led team to six world titles, dies at 91 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z In the opening episodes, some of the male contestants are staggeringly cocksure. Little Mix demanded aftercare on their talent show 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z And what time they had together before then was a typical scene of a young man’s cocksure attitude assuring him his “old man” didn’t have much in the way of teaching him. Letters connect man to father’s life as young man, soldier 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Having learned from the trauma of getting things wrong in the past makes them cocksure about the future. Ikea 2.0: inside the furniture giant’s big bet on the smart home 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Stoller writes with the cocksure confidence of someone who believes he has uncovered the secret origins of America’s woes. Review | A history of America’s fight against monopolies 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Old Trafford was treated to a familiar sight in the opening 10 minutes, as a spindly, cocksure attacking midfielder was kicked from pillar to post by brutish opponents before responding with a wondrous goal. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It's a difficult record to pin down: Modern but timeless; vulnerable yet cocksure. Collard on sex, spirituality and 'looking up to oddballs' 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z On that occasion, he was beaten into second place by an elegant and cocksure runner named Wilson Kipsang, who broke the world record. Inside the Race to Break the Two-Hour Marathon 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “One time a loser, always a loser,” he said, cursing furiously, the cocksure swagger gone. Alone before an invisible audience: German gunman lived online 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z People were beginning to wonder if the stylish figure in the plus-fours and flat cap, the cocksure Missourian with a reputation for bombast, had the maturity to win a major. A young Payne Stewart rarely made it easy, even in victory - Golf Digest 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z With the cocksure males stubbornly assembled over your head, females will fly into their horde to find a suitable mate. Man v mosquito: what to do about our biggest killer 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Mulvaney began his tenure with an open display of cocksure philistinism, taking potshots at Warren at a conference of appreciative credit union executives. Column: Why is Trump's consumer protection agency helping to promote H&R Block's credit card? 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Media coverage portrayed Mr. Iacocca as an industry savior, and he added to his allure through aggressively cocksure TV commercials promoting Chrysler cars — and, in the process, himself. Auto industry icon Lee Iacocca dies at 94. He helped launch the Ford Mustang and saved Chrysler from bankruptcy. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Media coverage portrayed Iacocca as an industry savior, and he added to his allure through aggressively cocksure TV commercials promoting Chrysler cars – and, in the process, himself. Lee Iacocca, auto industry savior, dies at 94 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z With a smirk and plenty of cocksure drives to the basket, Simmons quieted the critics who questioned his shooting ability. Leaning Into His Role as the Villain, Ben Simmons Leads 76ers’ Rout of Nets 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z But Wade was more special than anyone imagined during his time at Marquette, a world-class gymnast in basketball footwear, with the uncommon calm of a cocksure gunslinger. Dwyane Wade Bows Out: Once, Again and Always a Heat Player 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z And his cocksure public image masked disarray, now evident in a trail of civil disputes, bankruptcy filings and alleged financial crimes going back several years, according to court papers and interviews. Michael Avenatti’s Biggest Case Yet: His Own 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Redstone, viewed by Hollywood as cocksure and uncouth, wanted to acquire Paramount to prove that he’d made it — that he belonged. Paramount Was Hollywood’s ‘Mountain.’ Now It’s a Molehill. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Something about his cocksure manner infuriates people outside France’s 22 booming metropolitan areas. The gilets jaunes have cowed Macron. But for them, that’s just the start | John Lichfield 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He’s spent more than two decades hacking the sport not because he was brash or cocksure, but because he worked harder than anybody else, from his impossibly rigorous training sessions to those famous 4am runs. Why is Floyd Mayweather so bored? 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s possible that someone with solidly excellent management instincts will also be cocksure, blunt or prone to showmanship. Goodbye Swaggering CEOs; Hello Mr. Rogers 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z That’s the relationship between cocksure Nicky and the wavering Bridget, both of whom are embodied with extraordinary conviction by Shannon and Swank. Review | Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon as siblings are the best thing about ‘What They Had’ 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z But for Mr. Musk — an emotional, volatile and cocksure billionaire — the deal was unacceptable. Tesla’s Elon Musk Had a Deal From the S.E.C. It Fell Apart in a Morning. 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Miller began to use his scratchy, cocksure voice differently, his raps growing more singsong, as a way of deciphering his ever-changing moods. The Surprising Survival of Grime 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Over hours of conversation, I found him to be articulate, irreverent and passionate — and also blunt, cocksure, hyperbolic and prone to melodrama. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z But he admits that it was largely a facade, that the cocksure confidence he projected on the mound was fragile. An Exiled Old-Timer, Goose Gossage Still Won’t Back Down 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Even back then, he was cocksure and full of himself, but he had the talent to back up most his boasts. Kanye West and Rudy Giuliani: The mouths that recklessly roared 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z If you live in a major U.S. media market, you’ve probably seen the cocksure television spots from Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center. In the War on Cancer, Truth Becomes a Casualty 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But he used that luck as momentum, and that momentum appeared in his cocksure stride. Patrick Reed, Rory McIlroy poised for a Sunday duel at the Masters 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z A cocksure disciple of Trump, Stewart was dismissed as an unknown, underfunded candidate by Virginia’s GOP establishment when he challenged Gillespie, the former lobbyist, Republican Party chair and adviser to President George W. Bush. As Gillespie adopts Trumpian tactics in Virginia, Bannon credits Corey Stewart 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z But Mayweather did not hack the sport because he was brash or cocksure. Time to doff your cap because the last laugh will be Floyd Mayweather’s 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z But four years into the game his image has arguably been bogged down by the occasional cocksure comment that, while dashed off with a youthful confidence, has not always translated charitably. The musical, millennial life of 'Baby Driver's' Ansel Elgort 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s all a cocksure, low-stakes lark, right down to the appearance of a precociously larcenous 8-year-old who shows up as camouflage for Baby’s pointlessly elaborate final job. Review | ‘Baby Driver’ has musical swagger to spare, but is ultimately a fetishistic ode to mayhem 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z As fear gave over to dread in the Peninsula Hotel, the Clinton campaign reacted as you might expect: Bill became furious, Hillary turned stoic, and their cocksure aides started to blame one another. Opinion | The night Clinton said what she never expected to say: ‘Congratulations, Donald’ 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The many commentators who cheered Trump’s missile strike ought to note that this is roughly what some of us feared: a cocksure president using the power of his office any way he wants. Opinion | The Syria strike was the right decision — by the wrong person 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Whereas so many video game characters are alpha types, suave and cocksure, the characters in “Night in the Woods” are the opposite. Review | ‘Night in the Woods’ is great, and a lesson for all game creators in how to develop characters 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Whether or not Morgan would welcome this, the truth is that I nevertheless find him much more nuanced and less cocksure than his public persona or Twitter feed might suggest. Piers Morgan: ‘I’m just putting opinions out there. It’s my job’ 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Kyrgios still managed to get a match point, and to give credit where it is entirely due, Seppi saved it in style: ending a long and intense rally with a cocksure forehand down-the-line winner. Nick Kyrgios: Maddening, Fascinating and Out of His Home Event 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z So after Friday's round -- one which saw an eight-under 65 on the scoreboard -- Captain America felt particularly cocksure: Patrick Reed had a very Patrick Reed response to his Friday round - Golf Digest 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But his high-energy, cocksure approach won him enemies too. Klinsmann's reforms may shape U.S. Soccer long after fired coach's departure 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump is never more cocksure than when he’s talking about his sway over his supporters. A Showman With an Anger That Ignites, and Limits, His Appeal 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z You have never met a more cocksure lot than the monetary-policy clerisy. Hostage to a Bull Market 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z After Johnson’s blunder, a slew of cocksure pundits also took to the media to try to correct him — and utterly failed as well. Media and pundits don’t know what Aleppo is, but they try to explain it to Gary Johnson 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Rabbett, who has a cocksure manner, displays powers of recognition that are exceptional even by the unit’s standards. The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Naturally shy or reticent, Fishman does not carry himself with the cocksure gait of a former athlete, nor is he compelled to fill lulls in a conversation. Solving the Yankee Equation, One Number at a Time 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He’s yet to understand how different a primary and a general election are, and he’s too cocksure to listen to anyone who tries to explain it. Pure chaos: Donald Trump’s campaign management offers a glimpse into his governing style (spoiler alert: it’s terrible) 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z In a nice touch, Martha's dialogue questions the cocksure shortcut that ends their life. The many deaths of Bruce Wayne's parents, ranked 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Gone was the cocksure banter and the searing digs. Conor McGregor paid heavily for his hubris against Nate Diaz 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z A trumpet cuts in on the whistling, to show Trump’s more aggressive and cocksure side. Feeling the Bern, in G Minor 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z After watching Smith lean on the same cocksure swagger in so many films, it's truly refreshing to watch him dial things back in Concussion. Concussion cares too much about hurting football's feelings 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z After all, he was the cocksure, tough-talking, no-nonsense contender until Trump came along. Three Fights To Watch In the GOP Debate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z And they showed – as if it needed to be exposed – that this wiry, cocksure man with a chest of elaborate tattoos might be about the most important figure in any fighting today. Conor McGregor the star turn in Vegas as thousands flock to see UFC's main man 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The younger ones appeared almost cocksure, smiling and joking with their girlfriends as if they had nothing to worry about. Will 2016 Be a Breakthrough in the Fight to Save Elephants? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z He’s loud, assertive, cocksure of everything he says and does. ‘I. Will. Never. Leave. This. Race.’ 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The Monmouth poll will undoubtedly place the cocksure Trump on notice. Ted Cruz Takes First Lead Over Donald Trump in Iowa 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Well, from field level, Ukropina’s strike looked cocksure, aggressive, almost menacing. Stanford’s dramatic win over Notre Dame makes College Football Playoff picture clearer 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z He addressed his audience in a cocksure manner that is often seen in Goldman executives who, failing to rise to the top there, move on to firms with a lesser pedigree. The Man Who Hates E.T.F.s 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z After all the whole enterprise is based on more fans paying to watch a cocksure pantomime villain get his comeuppance than watch a slippery technician box his way to a points win. Floyd Mayweather v Andre Berto: an embarrassment only a mug would buy 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z That he even made the joke is a sign of a new attitude on display this summer by the buttoned-down president, a cocksure bravado following his good run in recent months. Obama's visit to father's homeland underscores his new sense of surety 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z There are also subtle emotional moments, such as when cocksure humour drains from the face of 'prisoner 8612' as he is instructed to strip naked for delousing. Experimental psychology: The anatomy of obedience : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z A Ukrainian officer — things haven’t been quiet in any precincts in his territory, with World War III looming and all that — must be as cocksure as any U.S. beat cop. Swag? Machismo? Whatever you call it, U.S. police and firefighters have it 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Late last month, in between bites of sandwiches his mother had prepared for lunch, he casually described his approach to pitching his junior year at Duke, and in doing so revealed a cocksure edge. Is Duke’s Matuella still a first-round pick two months after surgery? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Her cocksure enemy, Marty "The Moth" Martinez, strutted around the squared circle, confident that he was about to pound her into the canvas. Lucha Underground is out to grab a wider audience for Mexican-style wrestling 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But on the trail, Christie is back, cocksure as ever, and counting on this state to reignite his chances at becoming the Republican standard-bearer. Chris Christie Keeps His Cool in Hot New Hampshire Bar 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z And perhaps most frightening for his foes: Nothing he's done in his cocksure Senate career leads one to believe he’ll surrender easily. 2016 Presidential Campaign: 4 Game-Changers 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Biggs is personable enough to create some appeal for obnoxious, cocksure journalist Scoop Rosenbaum, whom Heidi falls hopelessly in love with, then keeps as a friend despite his infidelities and endless bombastic pronouncements. Review: Liberation not so easy in stylish ‘Heidi Chronicles’ 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z He has repeatedly revealed himself as cocksure, patronizing, aggrieved, vindictive and quick with a retort for Western critics. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The judge said his behaviour was "bold, arrogant and cocksure." Year in tech: Most read of 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z And it was he, not Federer, who set the tone for the Swiss team in this final with his cocksure victory over the French No. 1, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in Friday’s opening singles match. With Davis Cup, Roger Federer Checks Off One More Achievement but Isn’t Ready to Stop 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z As a lobbyist, he said, “I used to come into this office, and I was cocksure. ‘This is the answer; what’s important is what’s needed for my client.’ With Perspective From Both Sides of His Desk, F.C.C. Chairman Ponders Net Neutrality 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z The judge who sentenced Danks said his behaviour was "bold, arrogant and cocksure". Man jailed for filming in cinema 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z As Putin continues to menace his neighbors, Western analysts are revising their assumptions about Russia’s cocksure President. Vladimir Putin’s War 0002-11-30T00:00:00Z Younger stars of his sport often appeared cocksure; Tendulkar, although eventually one of the world’s richest athletes, was celebrated for his quiet efficiency. 2013: A Look Back, and Beyond: India Comes Together to Say Farewell 2013-12-31T22:12:15Z “Nobody thought about pushing it in and twisting it,” she says in her cocksure manner. Homeless Girl in the Shadows 2013-12-09T07:26:35Z But the SPD is looking inwards, flailing right and left to offer supporters some hope that the future holds more in store than subservience to the cocksure conservatives. Sense of dread as German SPD eyes new Merkel coalition 2013-11-15T14:33:59Z Bruce Lee died after an allergic reaction to pain medication The world knows him as Bruce Lee, the cool and cocksure Chinese-American martial artist who unexpectedly burst into global cinematic consciousness in the early 1970s. Hong Kong celebrates Bruce Lee's life and legacy 2013-07-20T01:10:40Z Mayweather is the rare combination of subtle boxer and flamboyant personality, a tactical wizard inside the ring, a cocksure loudmouth outside it. On Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr., a Ring Virtuoso, Is Still Fighting to Be Appreciated 2013-05-05T21:03:34Z Crucible upstart against proven winner, cocksure youth against flint-eyed veteran, unscarred kid against a man to whom doubts cling like barnacles. Trump v O'Sullivan: Glory hunter v gnarled pro 2013-05-02T07:35:12Z The cocksure din erupted and then rolled all round the furthest rafters of the venerable, soon-to-be-razed arena. Wales v England – Six Nations live 2013-03-16T16:13:16Z The immortal words of philosopher Bertrand Russell sum it up nicely: “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” Beware Employees Who Boast About Multitasking 2013-01-30T16:00:24Z The immortal words of philosopher Bertrand Russell sum it up nicely: "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." Beware Employees Who Boast About Multitasking 2013-01-28T14:52:00Z After April when large numbers are struck off disability living allowance, when bailiffs are at the door for unpaid council tax – while low to middle incomes fall further – this cocksure divide-and-rule will jar. Be bold, Labour, and expose Osborne's skivers v strivers lie 2012-12-06T21:00:07Z England were so cocksure that they had actually claimed the extra half hour on the third day, believing that they could end the match that night. The Joy of Six: late sporting dramas 2012-11-23T10:45:55Z But as the new campaign got under way and rivalries were renewed, the national sport appeared to have lost the cocksure swagger that usually accompanies the self-styled "best league in the world". Football's back – but has it lost its swagger after London 2012? 2012-08-18T23:01:05Z Johnson's press conference performance was, perhaps understandably, cocksure. 50 Stunning Olympic moments No33: Ben Johnson wins gold and tests positive 2012-05-25T10:08:11Z I was too conventional, too romantic, borrowing plots, borrowing, borrowing, double sure, never sure, cocksure. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z They must be very cocksure, or else they're trying to ambuscade us. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z The Germans have, they think, a very perfect military machine," Pariset continued; "I daresay they have, though perhaps they are a little too cocksure about it. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z "Too cocksure, my boy; he's only just below the surface." Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He walked into the new job with a plenty of cocksure enthusiasm. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z Set before the first entry in the Uncharted series, it sees cocksure adventurer Nathan Drake on the trail of some Spanish gold in the jungles of Central America. PS Vita launch titles ? reviews 2012-02-13T14:00:01Z He brings home a few trinkets made to sell, some cocksure criticisms of customs, people, and missionaries, and a swelled head. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Remember the sneers in our cocksure press of those days at the "culture" of Boston? Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z "Don't you be too cocksure about it, Mr. Binney," said Dizzy. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The “super” did not like young men with cocksure enthusiasms. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z In “Seabiscuit,” Chris Cooper, playing the trainer Tom Smith, is introducing his new horse to a cocksure jockey at the barn at Saratoga. Finders Key: From Far Back in the Pack to the Lead in ?War Horse? 2012-01-24T16:11:13Z Now all you host of cocksure psychologists, was it instinct or reason that led the jay? The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Dare Shaughnessy, so cocksure of his evil hold upon the city, thrust such a candidate upon his party? The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Do we really want to feed a business culture that increasingly elevates cocksure confidence and pushiness above all else, especially if it filters into everyday life? Opinion: Are We Not Man Enough? 2011-12-18T01:37:52Z But the big unknown is whether the often cocksure ex-governor will beg for mercy at the hearing or yet again protest his innocence. Punishment awaits ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich for trying to hock Obama seat, other counts 2011-12-06T08:11:40Z In ninety days, they say, he is cocksure of a victory, but this is an old boast, and nobody except themselves now places any faith in it. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z It's all very well to be so cocksure," she said, "but if Annie was to guess, or Miriam Levey or any of them, it would be all U P, I can tell you! The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z There is no dogmatism so unqualified, no certainty so cocksure, as that of complete ignorance. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z He was an honest soul and did not want Evelyn Porter to think that he was posing as a dramatic and cocksure character. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Though Bolt is adopting a less cocksure tone after an underwhelming season by his historically high standards, his competitors keep proving even more vulnerable. Even Slightly Off Form, Usain Bolt Is the One to Beat 2011-08-25T22:11:14Z Even today, plenty of people will defend this transparently misconceived and prodigiously cocksure colossus, in the misguided belief that it advances modern design. The Shard is a symbol of a country gone wrong 2011-08-19T15:14:02Z And I am glad you were able to give the cocksure insolence of the purse-proud creature such a perfect rebuff. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z “I love his moxie, the sort of way he walks, sort of cocksure about himself,” Nicklaus said. A Fresh Young Star Easily Wins the Open, and the Fans? Affection 2011-06-20T02:33:49Z I’m not satisfied that you could even get the horizontal motion you’re so cocksure of, with a machine that would carry men.” King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z But in singles matches that count, no one has been able to get the better of the leaner, healthier, more cocksure Serb since November, when he lost at the A.T.P. Djokovic Hones a Masterful Winning Streak 2011-05-22T21:35:25Z I’d set my heart on a real sprint between my mare and your cocksure charger. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z She really was like one of those contestants, as cocksure and as pigheaded as the best of them. Karren Brady interview: Having it all. Having a ball 2011-04-09T23:05:07Z With Mr. Langford it's different; he's a very fair judge, and he's willing to learn; he's never cocksure about anything. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z The earliest writers were cocksure of themselves; the latest ones bridge over the question with wide-arching generalities. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z He had condemned the sins of the old world of capitalism with cocksure certainty. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Yet without a $1.5 trillion US budget deficit and government guarantees to the banking system, there would be no US and world recovery, no world banking system and no cocksure Jamie Dimon. Where are the leaders who will reform the world's economy? 2011-01-30T00:08:13Z "Oh, well, I don't know!" he exulted to himself, wagging his head like a cocksure boy. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z “Leave me strength to write a proposal of marriage to this cocksure young farmer who brags that he is as capable in the kitchen as on the seat of a cultivator!” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Davies, though, consistently failed to convince at the top of the order, his batting looking tense andrather fraught, without the cocksure nature of either of his rivals. Cricket World Cup 2011: England switch to Plan B with Matt Prior 2011-01-19T15:29:50Z He was one of those cocksure men who confine their sureness mostly to their own mental processes. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z "When he first arrived at Radley he got on people's nerves because he was ridiculously good at everything – people called it nervy, which I suppose meant slightly cocky, or cocksure." Andy Wilson profiles Andrew Strauss 2011-01-09T00:06:41Z Contrast Cutler's cocksure public comments with quarterback Tom Brady's tactful take on the same topic earlier this season. Cutler must steer clear of Revis Island 2010-12-25T06:00:00Z And with its multiplayer engine still firing on all cylinders, Reach, ultimately, is a Triumphalist 'best of', a cocksure culmination of the whole Halo experience, as envisioned by its departing creator. Top 20 Games of 2010: part one 2010-12-21T09:01:25Z But the Yankee was too “cocksure,” as the boys say; and was only too glad to spring back again to the side of his guest. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Who would have imagined that this well-coiffed — an exploding volcano couldn't muss that head of hair — cocksure Italian immigrant from blue collar Philadelphia would be the country's highest-profile defender of women's sports? 88 Wins: Can UConn Match a Historic Streak? 2010-12-18T05:20:00Z He will operate with the efficiency of a cocksure owner who once believed the one-player-away fib. Once Ted Leonsis takes over as Wizards owner, he'll face dilemma with Gilbert Arenas 2010-03-26T04:00:00Z Every one seemed to be making money or certain to do so soon, cocksure of his opinion, prognosticating the trend of industry with sure mastery. Making Money But when he came to the hills, clad in shoddy finery to visit men in honest homespun, he bore himself with a cocksure dare-deviltry and malapert condescension. The Tempering Captious, cocksure, omniscient, he revelled in the uses of raillery and of repartee. The Shadow of a Man No sentimental nonsense here, but earnest, cocksure intent, after his own heart. A Traitor's Wooing Her cocksure intensity could not fail to impress me in my present state of deadness; I listened as if to oracles. The Book of Susan A Novel In fact, both parties were cocksure that the lost cave was located in one spot beneath a great mass of debris that had tumbled down from the overhanging height. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Cocksure they are, lawless and as casual as they are cocksure; but I love them, and I realised it when I met an Englishman who laughed at them. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel We saw those fellows ride over half an hour ago as cocksure of victory as possible. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War There was a cocksure touch to the joviality of young Wallingford which was particularly aggravating to an expert like Mr. Phelps. Young Wallingford This made me laugh, remembering Falkner’s aspirations and the cocksure way in which he had “warned me off” that night in Majendwa’s country. A Frontier Mystery I don’t believe they’ve another kick in them,” added this cocksure Briton. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But all the same I felt cocksure in my heart that it would never come to this. A Marriage at Sea True or not, the mere invention of the tale would prove that, at any rate, the lower middle classes were cocksure of the utter annihilation of the Germans. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Cleek stopped dead short as he saw that face, and his swaggering, flippant, cocksure air of a minute before dropped from him like a discarded mantle. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Down the street he had met Judson with head erect walking with a cocksure step. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Hartwell, Morrison, and Pierre were sitting around a table in the private office, Hartwell impatient for action, Pierre unobtrusively alert, Morrison cocksure to the verge of insolence. The Blue Goose He was more cocksure and conceited than ever before, and more prone to brag and bully. The Plow-Woman Don't you be too cocksure," said I. "It isn't all over but the shouting by a very long chalk. The Recipe for Diamonds It alarmed him a little; for it suggested to his cocksure mind that he did not understand all his children as comprehensively as he imagined. Jimbo A Fantasy However, I understand that you are cocksure—or sanguine—about the similarity of Romeo's case. When Ghost Meets Ghost He is so self-satisfied, so arrogant, and so cocksure of every word he utters and every movement he makes. Aces Up I fear I grow too cocksure of my literary attainments out here, with none to check me. An Ocean Tramp His face lengthened for a moment at the idea, but the old cocksure manner came back again, and he pooh-poohed my valuation with lofty superiority. The Recipe for Diamonds “I find it is only the fool who is cocksure,” he replied. Carmen Ariza This fianc�e of mine that you seem so cocksure about has no existence. When Ghost Meets Ghost A leading statesman once said he wished he was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay was cocksure of everything; but what was Macaulay's cocksureness to the cocksureness of Harrald? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) "I think I know what you'd find," said Sue, in her old cocksure, superior manner. The Harbor I can imagine the little worm was never so humbly grateful in his life; but when I told him that his passport was wanted, he was the cocksure schoolmaster ape in a moment. The Recipe for Diamonds You got something peculiar––like you had been born a rich swell––I mean you kinda naturally act that way––kinda cocksure of yourself. The Crimson Tide A Novel She was cocksure the two small arms only just covered it, because unless one cheated and pushed her elbow over the edge, your middle fingers wouldn't jam and go cleck—like this.... When Ghost Meets Ghost He wouldn’t be so cocksure of himself if he did. The Island Mystery I liked to hear her knock my big men in her cocksure superior way. The Harbor We might pile up the cutter on some outlying reef, but we were both cocksure that our stupendous luck was going to set us safe ashore somehow. The Recipe for Diamonds Cease from cackling so cocksurely Of some heavenly woodland dell Where the pipes of Pan blow purely; I have sampled these as well. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 Having stripped the cabin of all that appeared to be in their line, they left and went up the stairs onto the deck, feeling, I suppose, cocksure that they had had their rascality to themselves. Adventures and Recollections But he was too timid in the face of pain and too sceptical of science as of everything else to acquire the cocksure brutality of a country doctor. Rosinante to the Road Again She had known that he was cocksure and domineering. Counsel for the Defense Young Japan, we are led to believe, is intensely ambitious and extremely cocksure. The Empire of the East I was a cocksure young pup in the old days, with foolish dreams of fame and influence. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 The man's expression shifted in the blink of an eye from fawning tears to a cocksure grin showing his missing teeth. The Saracen: The Holy War The less people know of a foreign nation the greater nonsense they talk in general, and the more cocksure they are about their own opinions. Home Life in Germany Gladstone was remarking but the other day, ‘Harding was always so cocksure.’ Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Secondly, it is not easy after all to be cocksure as to what men will or will not agree to until they are directly faced with the task of decision. The Settlement of Wage Disputes She herself had been to see M. Noiret, who was no longer so confident and cocksure about recovery. The Martian He feels cocksure of his superiority as a master-singer, but dubious, it would seem, of his power to enthrall the fancy of a young girl. The Wagnerian Romances He rebuked me for a false quantity, and I, very cocksure, disputed the point and read my line. The Wonder It is pretty certain, however, that on this occasion the Admiral would not have sighted Mount Edgcumbe at all until after-events had begun to render him a little less cocksure of the result. The Cornwall Coast Vincent, he stands lookin’ after him with a kind of worried look on his face that was comical to see on such a cocksure chap as him. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe He was a typical back-blocker, dry and wiry, nasally cocksure, insolently cool, a fearless hand with horse, man, or woman. Stingaree She, and all who knew him well, had seen Stonor crush the cocksure and the unwary with an awful effectualness. The Convert To him it was the hub of genuine Americanism—young, aggressive, perhaps a bit too cocksure, but ever bounding along with eyes toward the future. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure “No,” replied the boy calmly, as he made the breech of his double gun snap to very loudly; “only I wouldn’t be quite so cocksure that you know everything, next time.” The Peril Finders It was incomprehensible to Mr. Halfpenny that any man could be so cool, so apparently cocksure about matters as Barthorpe was unless he felt absolutely certain of his own case. The Herapath Property A few decades later, however, I wasn't so cocksure. Man Made There was something too cocksure about the man. The Monster And when Jimmy Rabbit appeared again Mr. Crow was not quite so cocksure when he asked if the race wasn't over. The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales “I don’t know so much about that, old cocksure; but mind this, horses are horses, and I don’t want you to get Breezy clawed.” Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure The first page of Bards Dictionary of Surnames might well serve as a danger-signal to cocksure writers on this subject. The Romance of Names Dourly, he took thirty seconds to retrieve the cleat; stitching had been sawed through by a metal edge—just as he'd told the cocksure workman it would be. A Matter of Proportion “Don’t you be too cocksure o’ that,” returned Tom, looking about him well, to make certain of his direction. The Island Treasure In his operations he was a cocksure individual, Mr. Craig was! Joan of Arc of the North Woods The spiritual may be far more real than the material, in spite of the cocksure conceit of the current science of 1918. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell These first pages bear witness both to the energy of his genius and also to its unenlightenment; he seems more ignorant and more cocksure than so great a man should be. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens It started when she asked me if I were still so cocksure that woman had no place in the U. S. W. The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette If she hadn’t been “so cocksure of herself,” he wouldn’t have minded so much; but after all she had professed, to go and marry, and marry a starched specimen like that! The Daughters of Danaus Of a cocksure, ambitious boy just breaking out of leading strings? The Brentons This double action had become a confirmed habit by that time, and Flinn commended it on the principle that there was “nothin’ like makin’ cocksure of everything!” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables He could not see how genuinely comic was his own unreconstructed ardor—how exaggerated was his cocksure manner—how thoroughly he spoke as though he himself had bled on the field of honor. The Tyranny of Weakness This shows that it doesn’t do to be too cocksure of anything. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap Now, you see, that comes of being too cocksure. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale The girls annoyed her by their cocksure alertness, their little air of being primed, ready for any emergency that chanced to offer. The Brentons It ought to be something good to make you so cocksure. Fitz the Filibuster Some folks are so cocksure, that they won’t believe nothing but what they sees for themselves. Tom Finch's Monkey and How he Dined with the Admiral “Don’t you be too cocksure of that,” retorted Captain Miles. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea And he also will learn not to be cocksure and jump at conclusions. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies He saw it and, lacking knowledge of its source in Brenton's erratic father, he condemned it with the cocksure harshness of exceeding youth. The Brentons You ask omniscient Huxley, cocksure oracle On all from protoplasm to Home Rule, From Scripture to Sea Serpents; go consult Belligerent, brave, beloved Billy Russell! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 There were times when this anxious mother realized that one could not be too cocksure about the heart of anyone, even of one's own flesh and blood. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Somewhere on his right the rapids murmured; men struggled beside him—now a dozen redcoats, now a few knowing Provincials who had lost their regiments, but were cocksure of the right path. Fort Amity We are a trifle too commercial and a trifle too cocksure. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Aaron Logan didn't like being told what to do, especially by a little cocksure midget. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Jump a little distance and you land in the E flat Fugue with its assertiveness, its cocksure subject, and then consider the pattering, gossiping one in E minor. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques "Don't be so cocksure," said I, opening the letter. My Friend the Chauffeur The endless thirst to be soothed with cocksure asseverations, the great mob yearning to be dosed and comforted, is the undoing, over there, of three imaginative talents out of five. A Book of Prefaces If ever I felt tempted to believe our engagement was getting to be the real thing, why, I said to myself, 'Wait till she sees March again before you begin to be cocksure, my man.' Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley I never trusted those Senecas; but Wilkins was so cocksure of them that he wouldn't listen to a word against them. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear I needn't have been so cocksure about it, for as will shortly be related that was just exactly what I did do. The Lost Valley Were one staging a morality play and in search of the personification of impertinence, he need look no farther than this cocksure youth. Man to Man Hanson was beginning to feel annoyance at the suddenly cocksure and unsympathetic girl, but he stood fully erect and flexed his muscles. The Sky Is Falling Ralph had wooed Jean ardently during the short furloughs which had been granted him, and from long distance had written a bit cocksurely. The Tin Soldier What additional fortifications or defenses has Canada to be so cocksure that history can never repeat itself? The Canadian Commonwealth In late May there came a wail for help from the cocksure buyer. If You're Going to Live in the Country There's a question I should like to ask," Graveling intervened, plunging into the discussion, "and that is, why are you so cocksure, Mr. Maraton, of Government support in favour of the men? A People's Man They are much more democratic, far less cocksure, far less haughty, far humbler. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Generally depicted in the pages of Punch as a pert, cocksure little fellow, 'little Johnny,' the leader of the Whig party was a power as a leader. Queen Victoria Then, when the cocksure critic in his crudeness Pops you the question while his back he pats, "What have you done?" you'll find at last, thank goodness, One ready answer—"Rats!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01 There are all too many people, cocksure but ignorant of human nature, who believe this helps to get a bargain. If You're Going to Live in the Country I want to go out and help lambaste those infernally cocksure armies of that jelly-and-cream King. Makers of Madness A Play in One Act and Three Scenes "You'd like to behave yourself and be good, of course; but you want to be cocksure beforehand that it isn't going to cost too much." The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Meantime the editor of the "Clarion" was being quietly but persistently beset by another sermonizer, less cocksure of text than the Sweet Singer of Policy, but more subtle in influence. The Clarion THE GAME: A cocksure and triumphant girl meets more than her match in an old peasant woman, the mother of the man she wants to marry. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays "We shall see," said Tiler, elated and cocksure, and I freely confess we did see that he was not quite the fool I thought him. The Passenger from Calais As for Inglesby, he might push Eustis under, but he wouldn't have been so cocksure of her if it wasn't for those letters. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "How can you feel so cocksure that we shall escape the Salvation Army, Storm?" he said. Jerusalem At that she laughed in a kind of a friendly, cocksure way. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World "And were you cocksure you would win, With your forty-one strokes all sheer gammon and spinach?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 When I'm starving in a garret, awaiting fame with the pious and cocksure confidence of genius, will you guarantee to invite me to a square meal once a fortnight? Success A Novel That night Blair, cocksure, had the story of my arrest in the paper. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Every crocheteer and pamphleteer, cocksure "there's no two ways about it," generously contributes his advice free of charge; but sound, trust-worthy advice does not roam like tramps and seldom comes uninvited. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) "I shouldn't be so cocksure of that if I were you," he said, opening it with a flourish. The Keeper of the Door And though he seems cocksure the Gen'l Election he'll win, Maybe if he's out to me always, he may not get in! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892 "I wouldn't be too cocksure of that," he cautioned her. My Friend Prospero They thought they had a good prize in Tom, who was all alone, and made cocksure of his money. More English Fairy Tales And Harding was an overwhelming chap, cocksure of himself. The Dweller on the Threshold I don't want any cocksure fellow, with brand-new ideas lording it over me. The Mating of Lydia His club-footed reading of the verses had irritated her, and she had tried hard to hide from him that his cocksure opinions and the tone in which they were pronounced jarred on her. Widdershins I'd almost like you to meet one, just to teach you not to be such a cocksure young woman. The Elephant God The man's constant and cocksure "I," "me," "mine," rubbed her strongly the wrong way. V. V.'s Eyes He didn't want the patrol to be cocksure—he wanted it to work. Don Strong, Patrol Leader We won't say 'hopelessly,'" replied Thorndyke, as we took our places in the carriage, "though I expect the police are pretty cocksure. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman The parson is a splendid little chap, utterly cocksure of a lot of things I take good care not to discuss too deeply with him. Sweetapple Cove What Rachel did not anticipate was a smile that cloaked not a single particle of surprise, and the little cocksure bow that accompanied the smile. The Shadow of the Rope At Quantuck she had been cocksure, aggressive; now she was gentler, more womanly. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book But, at all events, home to the Red Tower I strode, whistling, and in a very cocksure humor. Red Axe "The sergeant seems pretty cocksure, all the same," I said. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman The cocksure fools always have perfect faith in themselves. Sweetapple Cove "None of them have, sir; I'm cocksure of that." Love under Fire A young fellow came up eagerly, cocksure of her, but she shook her head—and shook her head to all—and Berkley remained standing beside her. Ailsa Paige No human being had witnessed the act, and he was cocksure that no higher power existed to see, it; but for all that it worried him. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories So far Hillsdale is the only town in our county who has a company of girls drilling, and they're cocksure of getting to Philadelphia to enter the big contest. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos Lord! what flimsy fluctuating things we are—first this, then that, a thought, an impulse, a deed and a forgetting, and all the time madly cocksure we are ourselves. Love and Mr. Lewisham So far as the movements of comets and electric trams go, there is, no doubt, practically cocksure science; and indisputably Comte and Herbert Spencer believed that cocksure could be extended to every conceivable finite thing. An Englishman Looks at the World It has left the manufacturer less cocksure of the soundness of his individualist philosophy. The Trade Union Woman They seem very cocksure that getting that the way they want it would usher in the millennium. The Visioning He is cocksure of himself, but of nothing else; that seems to me to be the difference. No Hero What an immense joke if Verloc had simply made fools of the whole of Europe, of the revolutionary world, of the police, of the press, and of the cocksure Professor as well. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Two of the candidates have been arrested for debt, and the third is a baby in arms—so, if you keep your promises, and vote solid, I'm cocksure of election! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Don't you be too cocksure of anything, good or bad. Tono Bungay A scientist, living in an age when science is dogmatically irreligious, he turned from its cocksure reasoning to ask for the facts. Stories from Everybody's Magazine I thought I had grabbed my friend Laputa that night in Durban, but I was too cocksure and he slipped off. Prester John These crack specialists, the young scientific fellows, they're so cocksure and so wrapped up in their laboratories that they miss the human element. Main Street And we had been cocksure as to the inevitable limitations, the faults and vices, of a lot of women. Herland "Yes, some of us are a little too much inclined to be cocksure, Mr. Holmes," said Lestrade. The Return of Sherlock Holmes And this time nobody was making cocksure statements that this was an anomaly, something that would never happen again. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Hammerton, cocksure of his game and pleasantly cheered by the potent draught, thought that he had never interviewed so agreeable a man. Captivating Mary Carstairs A little two-legged man with his cocksure reason strutting on its tiny brain as the apex of attainment he ridicules. The Centaur There is but one thing they are neither of them quite cocksure about, and that is whether I am mad or sane. Peter Ibbetson They've no sooner launched some cocksure theory or other than they have to give it up. The Case of Richard Meynell He had sauntered up to his joy, so to speak, cocksure, hands in pockets, and as he smiled with easy assurance, behold the joy turned into a sorrow. Quaint Courtships Now and then some cocksure champion of some nova fede announces that the day of poetic idealism is past. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Your cocksure, peering Protestant is the dissolvent—the force making for ruin. Eleanor I'm perfectly certain all this cocksure Johnny-head-in-air business, 'sail to-day and see you again at tea tomorrow, so it's not worth while saying good-by'—you know the style?—is fatuous and idiotic. The Far Horizon He had been so cocksure of himself he had lost them. The Man in Gray He was as secular, as cocksure, as irritating as ever, when Ancrum probed him on the subject of the Hall of Science or the various Secularist publications which he supported. The History of David Grieve Be cautious always; be especially cautious when you are cocksure you're right. The Great God Success A short wiry man with a pugnacious face and a cocksure mustache. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago The Senator was promptly and intensely interested in this cocksure declaration by Morrison. All-Wool Morrison I have always been a bossy, cocksure little creature, swaggering about the world like an English sparrow; and now I'm paying for it! The Adventures of Sally My cocksure friend here is already in for actions for assault, battery, slander, false imprisonment, and the Lord knows what. The Yeoman Adventurer Yet these facts did not prevent some of the cocksure critics of the Press from announcing that I was wholly mistaken in my account of Lord Derby's action and motive. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 Even she did not know how rural he was or how he had oppressed the sophisticated travelers in the smoking-room of the sleeping-car with his cocksure criticisms of cities that he had never seen. We Can't Have Everything "Must have been a pretty cocksure sort of a fellow," remarked Mitchell, "but all geniuses are." Children of the Bush "When I called you cocksure I—loved you for it!" Peregrine's Progress He was thirty, perhaps, in the prime of physical vigor, square-jawed, cocksure, a six-shooter slung at his hip. Over the Pass Adj. believing &c. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure. under the impression; impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with. confiding, suspectless†; unsuspecting, unsuspicious; void of suspicion; credulous &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It seemed tragic and shocking to her that he should have to pass through adversity, that he could not remain for ever triumphant, brilliant, cocksure in all his grand schemes, and masculinely scathless. Hilda Lessways On her knees beside the couch there, the second waistcoat was already taking shape beneath the cocksure needles. Gaslight Sonatas "I could say you are a fool and a sight too cocksure—and, oh, a lot more—but I won't!" with which she rose and left me. Peregrine's Progress "Hoots-toots," he muttered to his gauges and levers, "the great ice has a wonderful way with lads as cocksure as them twa." The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic One of the things which is so charming about them is that they are authoritative without being cocksure. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography He was too cocksure of himself to grant me even so much as an ingratiating smile. A Fool and His Money There was a moral to the tale of my friend the absentee Apostle who was so cocksure about the crisis. Without Prejudice "I never thought you'd notice—" "And you seem more cocksure than ever—" "Cocksure is an ugly word, Diana." Peregrine's Progress Here was a line of goods he was cocksure he did not want, but the moment he heard that his competitor had a trade on them he began to feel that he must have some. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Not only that he makes you say things you never dreamed of, but his being so cocksure that he knows better every time, is a direct challenge to a fight. The Making of an American For," as Cappy Ricks sagely reminded them just before they pulled away from the Narcissus, "the German is both cautious and cocksure. Cappy Ricks Retires She had come in contact with but one class of men: the spoiled, cocksure sons of the rich who love in haste and have it over with while there is yet time to love again. West Wind Drift "Well, I like to hear you talk, too," said Diana, "you speaks like Peregrine does, only he says such silly things, and he's a great deal too cocksure of himself into the bargain!" Peregrine's Progress There were sects, societies, religions by the score, each one cocksure it knew and had found Reality, yet proving by the continuous busy searching that it had not found it. The Extra Day He took Celeste automobiling, and helped by his attentions to impress the cocksure young man with whom Celeste was in love. Sylvia's Marriage She did not know that he was cocksure of his ground before making the foregoing and other observations equally as indifferent. Castle Craneycrow All of them were beginning to feel quite cocksure that after all, it was a very easy matter to bring yourself up. Rainbow Valley The fools—the "easy people"—the "folk who gave without a price"—the "truth tellers"—the "men who wish to forget"—the unwise, cocksure, cleaner-living, unbelievably credulous, foolishly honest British officials would be all gone. The Ivory Trail I thought, for my own part, he was a trifle too cocksure. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay For it IS an impertinence, Louise, that a man you hardly know should write to you in this cocksure way and ask you to marry him. Maurice Guest He had seen the impertinent, cocksure way in which he ran his eyes over women. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Tom, though crushing for a couple of ounces, was one of your practical, decided, cocksure men; guided by unweighed, unanalysed phenomena, and governed by conviction alone—the latter being based simply, though solidly, upon itself. Such Is Life They are such supremely cocksure fools that they can not be made to believe that another so-called civilized nation would act as they, in their egoism, would be ashamed to act! The Ivory Trail “Well, well, I am sure you think so, neighbour,” said the old man, “but I don’t see why you should be so cocksure.” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance I was always stupid, always bigoted and cocksure. The Return Very well, I tell you, you cocksure white men who think you know everything, but know nothing at all. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa The fact was that the excellent Federal defense had come as a very unpleasing surprise upon the rather too cocksure Confederates. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray For the devil was disappointed of his purpose: for he thought all to be his own; and when he had once brought Christ to the cross, he thought all cocksure. Sermons on the Card As Francis is so precious cocksure about it all, let him carry on in my place! Okewood of the Secret Service “Hell is full of cocksure rats like you,” I retorted; although I never dreamed how soon he would be writhing in the particular hell preparing for him. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Need we be so cocksure that our present list of virtues and vices is the only possibly correct and complete one? Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow He's clever enough to be worth knowing, and, besides, I'm not so cocksure of his guilt as our friend the Patch on the Seat of Government. The Man in Lower Ten You are so cocksure about the lot you can do, Captain. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows She makes decisions with great promptness, never hesitates, is "cocksure" and aggressive. The Foundations of Personality I think he's altogether too cocksure, and takes too much for granted. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic I was so cocksure of catching the mare in half-a-mile farther that I couldn't help wondering what it was all about. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields And it don't pay to be too cocksure about anything. Babbitt I was pretty certain they wouldn't catch Jim, in spite of Goring being so cocksure about it. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Like many of the cocksure young men who forage about cities in apparent contentment and who express their cynicism in supercilious slang, Escott was shy and lonely. Babbitt |
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