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How to use cock-a-hoop in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word cock-a-hoop? Here are some examples.

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Students were cock-a-hoop as they collected their results allowing them to go on to study for A-levels or take their first steps into employment.
Every politician likes to be associated with good news and he was cock-a-hoop.
In summary then, you could say that I wasn't exactly cock-a-hoop when the summer holidays ended and the new school year began.
The company is cock-a-hoop at its performance, especially in light of the difficult trading conditions.
Far from being worried, I suspect Sir David is cock-a-hoop at the comparison.
We're just cock-a-hoop here and Birmingham reaped the dividends on Wednesday, which didn't surprise me.
Organisers of the celebrations are cock-a-hoop at news that the guitarist will open an architecture festival in the city next month.
The software giant is cock-a-hoop with the decision of the PC assemblers to pre-install their operating system.
No wonder the players were all cock-a-hoop in the dressing room after the game.
I think there has been a real improvement in then quality of teaching over the last ten years and we are cock-a-hoop.
Villagers were cock-a-hoop today after the Army stepped in to save a new village hall that has stood empty for 14 years.
I'm cock-a-hoop because it basically means the Premiership teams have embarrassed themselves and that can only be a good thing.
Why are the workers not entirely cock-a-hoop about the plans?
A year ago, with Michael Vaughan's captaincy in its infancy, the team were cock-a-hoop after a stunning victory in the final Test against South Africa.
Shareholders were cock-a-hoop at the news.
I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.
Examples from Classical Literature
We were so impressed by his guileless face and cock-a-hoop assurance, that we had not the heart to turn him away.
John of Skye is cock-a-hoop upon the occasion, and I suppose has made fifty blunders about it by this time.
Well, the masters gave us that also, and it put us all cock-a-hoop, and we went on to dictate to 'em more and more.
And all cock-a-hoop, and no waiting for the mistress to come back.
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