rock-a-bye

Definitions

Examples

• The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.

• ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

• And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.

• Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

• My ball bounced back and the rock rolled just a little bit forward.

• Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.

• The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

• He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!

• All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.

• There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.