How to Use cocky in a Sentence

cocky

adjective

• Don't get too cocky about your chances of getting the job.
• That’s a crazily cocky thing to say in the best of times.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• The flight controllers were, by and large, a cocky bunch.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2018
• Gene—now even more of a cocky crook than Saul 2.0—doesn’t just take his time.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• There are a lot of great athletes that are rather cocky.
  — Sam Spiegelman, ajc, 29 Sep. 2017
• Despite the fuss made over him, Tatum was not cocky or brash.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Greene was pleased with himself, but not in a cocky way.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2021
• Kane, the first pick in the 2007 draft, was the cocky future superstar.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
• Nicklaus looked lumpy and came across as equal parts cocky and grumpy.
  — Dale Robertson Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• Velasco told the agents that Mays was cocky and talked too much.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2022
• The Beavers were either too proud or too cocky to respect that fact.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 14 June 2022
• And not to be cocky here, but my name came up a lot, and also Cameron's name came up a lot.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023
• Butt-Head still manages to be cocky even when he gets shut down time and time again.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• Teague plays Jeff Shapiro, a cocky, risk-taking reporter for the Globe tabloid.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
• Maryland crabs aren't a dime a dozen, and the cocky little pinchers know it.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• The cocky Red Sox failed to prepare in Florida and got off to an abysmal start.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
• He is seen as cocky and hot tempered but later changes his ways during the course of the film.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Mar. 2024
• Bruce comes off as cocky in the film, and the fight includes one moment where Cliff throws him into a car.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
• The Chiefs seem very cocky at the moment, as evidenced by Matt Miller's piece here.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 5 June 2018
• Pete Rose was a 22-year-old rookie, the cocky Cincinnati kid with a crew cut.
  — Ben Walker, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• Bogner said that Spellings got a little too cocky in the dugout between the fourth and fifth innings.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
• Her dream man is confident but not cocky and will look at her as his equal in all things...
  — Marie Claire, 21 June 2021
• The plot's logic is subservient to its star's cocky charisma.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
• Frozen with dread, the churchmen heard how a cocky Niemöller had promised that everything would be fine.
  — Doris Bergen, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Don't get too cocky, as your latest success may have been more luck than skill.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2020
• Tom Cruise is back as the ultra-gifted, but super cocky Capt.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
• Reading the poa annua greens here is like reading your wife’s mind — Don’t get too cocky, pal.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018
• The much bigger, stronger Jax is favored by fans over the arrogant, cocky Miss Bliss.
  — Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
• The 29-year-old plays Alfie, a cocky, charming Londoner who's moved to Paris for work.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2021
• No one from either party should feel cocky about Pennsylvania.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024