(1) The story to me is that Disney and Lucasfilm are acting rationally, confidently and not cocky.” Poor critical reactions to the film may even end up being irrelevant to its opening figures, though Abrams’s flawless track record suggests the film is likely to be well-reviewed.
(2) His Guantánamo file, which was among a large cache of documents later passed to WikiLeaks , shows that the camp authorities quickly reached the conclusion that he had no connection with the Taliban or al-Qaida but decided against releasing him because his “timeline has not been fully established”, and because the British diplomats who had seen him at Kandahar had found him to be “cocky and evasive”.
(3) In fact, the chancellor’s cockiness may be Corbyn’s best bet.
(4) He did not exhibit any of the cockiness of youth, nor youth’s insecurities; instead, he set an example worthy of his position, wise beyond his years, in his speech, in his conduct, in his love, faith and purity.
(5) I don't think there's any arrogance or any aw shucks kind of cockiness.
(6) Hall might be a scion of one of Britain's most important theatrical dynasties (his father is Peter, his half-sister Rebecca), but the cocky irreverence of his productions showed he had every intention of making his own mark.
(7) They don't, I'm one of them and this is the quickest sport in the world to bring you back down to earth again, so there's no room for arrogance or cockiness or thinking you're any better than anyone else, because you ain't."
(8) Kimberley's self-assurance – a character trait so lauded in men– has been rebranded as smugness, cockiness and even malice.
(9) And there’s a fine line between exuding confidence and looking cocky.
(10) A meek-looking O’Reilly is then confronted by his cocky alter ego, who tells him: “What’s wrong, you can’t take it?
(11) I passed the test, and may even have felt an infantile cockiness when I started going to meetings.
(12) The prime minister, Tony Abbott, told reporters on Friday he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
(13) His cockiness, his kind of wit, his geopolitical discourses, his physical poise, are all instruments to this end.
(14) But then maybe it's a good thing that City fans aren't too cocky – it's not too long since we were in the doldrums."
(15) Last week the prime minister, Tony Abbott, said he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
(16) We were 300 young, ambitious, cocky twentysomethings, in the heart of Manhattan with a lot of money at our disposal.
(17) 'I was quite cocky back then; I thought I was supersonic.'
(18) Corden is still frowning: 'I don't think I came across as a cocky little bugger on Jonathan Ross.'
(19) Castigated for being cocky and aloof, Wilson was branded by some as an “AA meeting in cleats” and wound up being one of the most despised athletes in Dallas.
(20) By setting me up as a cocky little so-and-so he was basically giving a thumb's up to the snipers, but it backfired (eventually) on the one who shouted, to a huge laugh, "Where are your eyes?"
Squatter
Definition:
(n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
(n.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
Example Sentences:
(1) Households in two squatter communities--Meiyo and Karton Kassala--were studied by observation and by interview.
(2) At least two successive Kenyan governments have threatened the Sengwer communities and forest squatters with evictions.
(3) The tower was first occupied by squatters in 2007, and eventually became home to more than 1,200 families .
(4) This study is part of a larger epidemiological study concerned with the health status of children under the age of five carried out in the squatter settlement of Rocinha, and focuses on the nutritional profile of a representative sample of 591 children.
(5) It was, I recall, an anarchic traffic jam of ex-squatters, ravers, and proponents of free love that chuntered slowly and messily through the byways and sometimes the highways of Thatcher’s Britain.
(6) The ventilatory capacity of the more active children, including those who have lived all their lives in squatter huts on the hillsides, is on average 8 per cent larger than for the inactive children including those who have lived all their lives in tenement flats with lifts.
(7) Who else would have decided to leave the relative cosiness of Ditchling Village for Hopkins Crank, an unreconstructed Georgian squatter's cottage and outbuildings on Ditchling Common?
(8) He promised a crackdown on squatters, a mandatory six-month jail sentence for anyone threatening with a knife, and a promise to allow homeowners and shopowners to use reasonable force to protect their properties.
(9) More than 20 homeless people have been sheltering there since the squatters moved into the property in Belgravia on 23 January .
(10) A judge has ordered the eviction of a group of squatters from a £15m property in central London bought by a Russian oligarch that they have been occupying for the past week.
(11) Ruling the registrar had made "an error of law", the judge said section 144 did not apply to squatter's title because it was enacted to deal with householders who needed rapid police help to get rid of squatters who had moved into their homes whilst they were away.
(12) Local authorities took what we thought were vicious steps to repel squatters, putting cement down toilets or ripping them out altogether, but if you could access a property it became possible to do a deal with the council and become a licensed squat, permitted to stay there, often for years.
(13) Those properties being targeted have fallen into major disrepair and, in many cases, have been occupied by squatters and attracted antisocial behaviour such as loud parties and drug abuse.
(14) Squatters inside the building, a former police station in Beak Street, off Regent Street, accused police of heavy-handed tactics after they were led out by officers who forced their way in after a tense standoff lasting more than three hours.
(15) This study explores the extent of mild to significant malnutrition in the squatter settlement of Kampung Baiduri located adjacent to an industrial area in Petaling Jaya.
(16) If you are in this position, your rights also supersede what are commonly known as "squatters' rights".
(17) The preschool component provides education, food supplements, and medical checkups and treatment to children in the squatter settlements.
(18) The result has been that more than 1,000 people living near the town of Eldoret have been classed as squatters and forced to flee what they say has been government harassment, intimidation and arrest.
(19) If it is a property that is occupied, or soon to be occupied, then the criminal law will apply and the squatters can be guilty of an offence under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Act if they fail to leave your premises after being asked to do so.
(20) An anthropometric study evaluated the nutritional state of pre-school children in the Site C squatter area of Khayelitsha township in Cape Town.