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Example sentences from the Web for cockinessBut the fact of the matter is, not even his cockiness can take away from the catchiness of his music. Hottest Summer Songs: Anthems for 2011|Jaimie Etkin|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST His polite and affable smiling, his cockiness and his suavity—all these were part of a pose. It struck me at one time that there was a good deal of cockiness on that side of the Atlantic, that has entirely disappeared. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885|Various There is a self-sufficient "cockiness" about him that soars above all compromise and defers to nothing and to nobody. The Haunts of Old Cockaigne|Alex Thompson
More startling was the selfsame hairline scar traversing his cheek; the same touch of cockiness in the set of his face. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton They had long regarded our Government as ignorant of European affairs and amateurish in its cockiness. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I|Burton J. Hendrick
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