cocked
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In the photo, the president-elect wears a stern expression, eyes cocked.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
He always wore "a cocked hat, buckles at the knees and shoes, as well as a cross-handled cane, over which he stooped in his gait".
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
So USC’s leading receiver cocked back his arm and slung it as hard as he could.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2024
He leans back in his office chair, hands folded in his lap and baseball hat cocked high on his head.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
All around us, like crows perched on telegraph lines, sat eager observers, their eyebrows raised and their heads cocked to the side as if to hear us better.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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