Examples of “crow” in a Sentence

noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.

• A crow perched on the fence post, watching the field.
• Crows are known for being remarkably intelligent birds.
• At the edge of the village, a crow called harshly from the barn roof.

verb Of a rooster, to make its loud characteristic call, especially at dawn.

• The rooster crowed just before sunrise.
• Every morning the neighbor's rooster crows so loudly that nobody needs an alarm clock.
• I woke at dawn to hear the cockerel crowing somewhere across the misty fields.

verb To boast or express triumphant satisfaction, often annoyingly.

• He couldn't stop crowing about his promotion.
• She crowed over her rival's defeat.
• Don't crow about your win too much, or your friends will stop wanting to play with you.