Ted Shane was employed by Judge magazine, for which I made both cartoons and "cockeyed" crosswords in the 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3] Reference
It was a cockeyed future, if this were the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
But surely they'll relate to Remy's cockeyed quest. From Wordnik.com. [Pixar's Latest: C'est Winner! Say What?] Reference
GOODWIN: Well, I'm not a cockeyed optimist on this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2006] Reference
Oh but listen to me, going on in my cockeyed, utopian way. From Wordnik.com. [Ellis Weiner: Scribe Sees Boffo Vid as Veep Asst. Trial Preems] Reference
Who set up the cockeyed system that allows this to happen?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The left corner of her mouth quirked up in a cockeyed grin. From Wordnik.com. [Hot And Bothered]
Or, if you're a cockeyed optimist, a "long way from civil war.". From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Rotello: Denialists on Iraq: Civil War, Schmival War!] Reference
Yes, the time has come to put an end to our cockeyed tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Opposite Day: An Opposing View] Reference
"Hey, Bob," I say as I try to straighten his cockeyed hat a bit. From Wordnik.com. [With Robert Frost, at Wal-Mart] Reference
THE PRESIDENT: I'm just a cockeyed optimist and always have been. From Wordnik.com. [President At Brady Law One Year Anniversary Event] Reference
These guys did it with the nose wheel that was completely cockeyed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference
If this perspective is cockeyed, it does illuminate some home truths. From Wordnik.com. [Power, Sex And A Big Tv] Reference
"And he believes those cockeyed rumors about Kostakos not being dead.". From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Dread]
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I think it's time to retire the chicken. From Wordnik.com. [The Inalienable Right To Whine] Reference
“But something funny happened because of that whole cockeyed hassel.”. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
For sure, this sniping is far from universal, and in some cases, cockeyed. From Wordnik.com. [Just Talk Into The Curtains] Reference
#4 He took full advantage of the cockeyed rules for apportioning delegates. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: National Race A Dead Heat; McCain's Attacks Working] Reference
I hoped to high heaven we weren't in for some cockeyed version of Ragnarok. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
It was a rambling house — big, though the rooms themselves were small and cockeyed. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
'The creation of an empire has also created a cockeyed proposition,' meditated Harrison. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Loomis slid his lower jawbone to the left a good inch, giving his face a cockeyed slant. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
Tongue all splayed and cockeyed-like and gnarle-faced with that loose canine hanging down?. From Wordnik.com. [PG. TWO] Reference
Troy had only been at Halberds for five days but already she accepted its cockeyed grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Unafraid of being a "cockeyed optimist," South Pacific dreams that prejudice can be overcome. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Roth: Cockeyed Optimism is Better Than Cynicism] Reference
She is a "cockeyed optimist," as normal as blueberry pie — the embodiment of America itself. From Wordnik.com. [Theater of War] Reference
This cockeyed notion is a result of all of the coverage of the Democrats '1996 irregularities. From Wordnik.com. [Where Ralph Went Wrong] Reference
My steamed-up glasses, when he's not here to tease me for my vanity, nature's final cockeyed joke. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming Pool] Reference
But we can use some of the cockeyed optimism that still inspired hope for change in the wake of WW II. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Roth: Cockeyed Optimism is Better Than Cynicism] Reference
In the narrow entryway carved from a former suite, cockeyed, dim, the two of us stood hugging and crying. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Some of the risks he takes are cockeyed magic, and some are so daffy maybe nobody could have pulled them off. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Shakespearean Tricks] Reference
Shelton subsided wishing that he had never seen the fat man or, for that matter, the fat man's cockeyed world. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Indeed, the theory that covert military aid was responsible for Boeing's success in commercial jets is cockeyed. From Wordnik.com. [NO FREE LAUNCH] Reference
He was trying to catch his breath from the walk upstairs, staring at the painted-on 803 in cockeyed black letters. From Wordnik.com. [html]
His economic theory was cockeyed and did not add up (both parties spent 20 years cleaning up Reagan's deficit mess). From Wordnik.com. [Former Reagan Aides: Obama Is A Bit Like Reagan] Reference
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