PEACOCK in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PEACOCK, such as:

1. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
2. The view is so lovely, and I like to feed the peacocks.
3. The wind had blown the fog away, and the sky was like a monstrous peacock's tail, starred with myriads of golden eyes.

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 Meanings and Examples of PEACOCK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
peacock
 n.  European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
 n.  male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
Classic Sentence:
1  "Yes; she is a peacock in everything but beauty," said Lord Henry, pulling the daisy to bits with his long nervous fingers.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
2  The wind had blown the fog away, and the sky was like a monstrous peacock's tail, starred with myriads of golden eyes.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
3  The drakes were handsome fellows, with pinkish grey bodies, their heads and necks covered with iridescent green feathers which grew close and full, changing to blue like a peacock's neck.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
4  The view is so lovely, and I like to feed the peacocks.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
5  White-necked and white-bosomed, all had great roving eyes, the gait of peacocks, and hair reaching to the waist.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  He was a midfielder of considerable strengths, a taker of sublime free-kicks, a global brand, a nice guy, a genuine role model, a petulant peacock at times but always a tireless worker for his teams.
2  The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.