Everyone of these weathercocks crows there on the tip top of the steeple over each town or village because of an order of the Pope.
In spite of the weathercocksand their watchfulness, however, the memories of the great pilgrimage between Faversham and Harbledown are dishearteningly few.
By this time our three ladies had their faces all turned toward the speaker, like the weathercocks in a northeaster, and I thought it best to switch off the talk on to another rail.
So felt he who wrote the epitaph of the builder of the dome which looks down on the crosses and weathercocks that glitter over London.
Catch a windmill working when the weathercockshave nothing to do!
The veryweathercocks stood still to enjoy the sight.
Now, as each farmer judges the weather of the day by the direction of the wind, think of bringing the owners of these nine differing weathercocks together!
What can not be said of weathercocks as symbols of disappointment?
O pestiferous weathercocks that point to the east on Saturday!
Of the weathercocks seen on our ride there were one deer, two fishes, three arrows, a wild goose, and two gilded horses at full gallop.
Could the various shapes of these weathercocks have had to do with the matter, assuming that the nine we saw were in working order?
It was already late in the afternoon; the sun was about to sink below the horizon, its slanting rays illumined only the weathercocks on the top of the towers.
Against the horizon were seen two glittering weathercocks surmounting two small towers arising in the midst of foliage.
A gale of wind had risen and uttered long bellowings like a wounded bull, to which the grating of weathercocks and the dismal cry of the owls responded.
The weathercocks creaked, the tiles ground against each other, the roof timbers trembled in their mortices, and the walls shook upon their foundations.
From this model is derived the custom of placing weathercocks on steeples.
The act proceeds to exclude from its restrictions flagstaffs, weathercocks and any solid signs not rising more than 3 feet above the roof.
Our common weathercocks and vanes, when well made, and preserved from rust, show the point from which the wind proceeds, but do not tell their names.
When the king awoke the following morning, he looked out of the window as usual, and there the castle was standing as before, with its weathercocks gleaming handsomely in the sunlight.
And when the king came and happened to look out of his window, he saw the new castle, on whose roof the golden weathercocks were swinging to and fro, from time to time, shining in his eyes.
There too the dove-cot stood, with its meek and innocent inmates Murmuring ever of love; while above in the variant breezes Numberless noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of mutation.
In his house by the Maese, with its roof of tiles, And weathercocks flying aloft in air, There are silver tankards of antique styles, Plunder of convent and castle, and piles Of carpets rich and rare.
And now the rosy blush of morn began to mantle in the east, and soon the rising sun, emerging from amid golden and purple clouds, shed his blithesome rays on the tin weathercocks of Communipaw.
Its two dove-tailed weathercocks stood out black against the pale dawn.
Underneath her, the village square was empty; the stones of the pavement glittered, the weathercocks on the houses were motionless.
Down below, underneath her, the village square was empty; the stones of the pavement glittered, the weathercockson the houses were motionless.
Several times was Anthony obliged to stand forth like a fugleman and repeat the sign, and each time a circle of nasal weathercocks might be seen in the council chamber.
And now the rosy blush of morn began to mantle in the east, and soon the rising sun, emerging from amidst golden and purple clouds, shed his blithesome rays on the tin weathercocks of Communipaw.
There it stood just as on the day before, and the sun shone so brightly on the roof, and the weathercocks dazzled his eyes.
As he was walking up and down in his room he happened to look out through the window and saw the new palace, where the golden weathercocks were swinging to and fro on the roof in the sunlight, dazzling his eyes.
When the King awoke the next morning he looked out of the window, as was his custom, and there stood the palace again, with the weathercocks glittering so beautifully in the sunshine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "weathercocks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
