How to Use cockfight in a Sentence

cockfight

noun

• The movie flits between footage of a bullfight, a cockfight and a wrestling match.
  — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2018
• Hundreds of merchant ships docked within sight of the plazas, the air rang with the sound of church bells and cockfights, and the streets teemed with smugglers.
  — Néstor Martí, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
• Every weekend, there are cockfights by the grave of Sayed Faqir Hussain.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 5 June 2016
• Usually, the dead were ferocious roosters, the losers in cockfights put on for rowdy gamblers.
  — David Ovalle, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• Jeevan said police filed a case and were looking for over a dozen people involved in organizing the cockfight.
  — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2021
• Three were arrested in connection with the cockfight and police are looking for three others.
  — Fox News, 28 Oct. 2020
• Making roosters fight one another or profiting from a cockfight are state-jail felonies in Texas.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
• Rao was from a village in Andhra Pradesh, a state located in south-eastern India, and frequently attended cockfights in the area.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Jan. 2020
• Ten spectators were cited and released for being present at a cockfight, Justus said.
  — Connor Van Ligten, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2020
• The cockfight was not a local affair, drawing attendees from nearby states, Gentry said.
  — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2018
• The prohibition bars hosting and promoting cockfights or using the Postal Service to promote the practice.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• Conducting a cockfight and possessing birds for fighting are level 6 felonies.
  — Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2017
• Conducting a cockfight as well as possession of birds or paraphernalia for fighting are Class E felonies in Missouri.
  — Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 9 Mar. 2018
• One heads to a cockfight, another rekindles an old flame in Manila, another takes on Filipino cuisine, and the last finds unexpected love while trying to heal deep wounds.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Five other men were issued citations for being a spectator at a cockfight, a Class C misdemeanor.
  — Domingo Ramirez Jr., star-telegram.com, 9 May 2017
• Several dead roosters also were found, along with equipment used during cockfights.
  — Washington Post, 16 May 2017
• Under his leadership, the HSUS helped enact dozens of laws to protect animals, including banning cockfights.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• According to police, the rooster involved in last week's incident was among many other roosters prepared for the cockfight betting festival in Lothunur village.
  — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2021
• His early work was about bars, cockfights, tequila, beggars, workers, peasants, Mexicans.
  — Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
• Authorities, however, struggled to prevent villagers from sneaking back to check on their homes and farms and to watch a popular cockfight in Albay’s Santo Domingo town despite the risks and police patrols and checkpoints.
  — Time, 23 Jan. 2018
• Officials discovered signs of cockfighting during a barn inspection, including the birds, gloves used during fights and a bag of medication commonly used in cockfights.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2018
• Raul Torres is also accused of participating in cockfights.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
• Even after the Vick case, similar traditions still survive with cockfights, a related activity, still found underground, particularly in the South.
  — John Havelock, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Aug. 2017
• Authorities in southwest Missouri removed more than 230 chickens Thursday from a property suspected of conducting cockfights.
  — Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 9 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024