Cocksure is an English word with synonyms like overconfident or positive. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cocksure in a sentence
Cocksure meaning
Too confident; overconfident.
Synonyms of Cocksure
Using Cocksure
- The main meaning on this page is: Too confident; overconfident.
- Useful related words include: overconfident, positive, confident.
Context around Cocksure
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cocksure
- In this selection, "cocksure" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indeed, harald, kiss and simenon stand out and add context to how "cocksure" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include am as cocksure and obnoxious and dameron s cocksure attitude and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cocksure" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cocksure
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was a cocksure party lover, a hardcore swordsman, and a flirty ladies man. (14 words)
The colleague said Roger Clarke was a ‘brash cockney’ who was ‘very cocksure’ of himself, and Susan was ‘smitten’ with him. (21 words)
Maigret is four-square and honourable, compared with the rather cocksure Simenon (and remember it is Simenon who is presenting himself in such a way. (25 words)
Indeed, cocksure about its film cameras, Kodak ignored the rise of digital photography and fell utterly by the wayside, filing for bankruptcy protection in 2012 and re-emerging in 2013 like a butterfly with a distinctly digital-based business plan. (40 words)
It's an ego blow to the cocksure Harald, but Elena reassures him that she still has feelings for him, plus he now has the army he needs to challenge Canute. (31 words)
I’m a freshman (sorry), majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism, which basically means, yes, I am as cocksure and obnoxious as I sound. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
Indeed, cocksure about its film cameras, Kodak ignored the rise of digital photography and fell utterly by the wayside, filing for bankruptcy protection in 2012 and re-emerging in 2013 like a butterfly with a distinctly digital-based business plan.
It's an ego blow to the cocksure Harald, but Elena reassures him that she still has feelings for him, plus he now has the army he needs to challenge Canute.
Perhaps a little too slick for an artist who excels when cutting to the quick, but nevertheless a reliably sticky album full of cocksure kiss-offs.
Maigret is four-square and honourable, compared with the rather cocksure Simenon (and remember it is Simenon who is presenting himself in such a way.
Poe Dameron's cocksure attitude and charming persona means he's the closest thing to a Han Solo that the current Star Wars trilogy has.
He was a cocksure party lover, a hardcore swordsman, and a flirty ladies man.
I’m a freshman (sorry), majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism, which basically means, yes, I am as cocksure and obnoxious as I sound.
The colleague said Roger Clarke was a ‘brash cockney’ who was ‘very cocksure’ of himself, and Susan was ‘smitten’ with him.