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His earliest memories of fabric were totally sensory, he said, recalling the downy feel of a jamawar shawl at home in Srinagar and the soft warmth of his mother's shahtoosh saris.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

In warm weather, it’s alive with nuthatches, chickadees, sometimes a downy woodpecker.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

"Our hypothesis is that these bladder cells also protect against other plant diseases like downy mildew, a fungal disease which severely limits quinoa yields," says Max Moog.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew.

From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023

She is close enough that I can see the small pink veins, like seams on the back of a delicate leaf, spreading across her cheeks, the downy fur on her jawbone, her bristly black eyebrows.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

You always must have been a precious sight downier than I thought.

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng

Hibermate The interior of this handcrafted sleep mask feels like it's stitched out of the downiest fleece, while the satin exterior slips easily against surfaces so the Hibermate stays put if you toss and turn.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the nest there were a dozen of the daintiest, downiest, little creatures he had ever seen.

From The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends by Melvin Hix

Mayhap he said to himself, 'Beecher's the downiest cove going.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

That night I could not have slept in the downiest of couches, e’en with the softest music of well-played lutes.

From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall

Some of these natural coats are magnificent, surpassing our downiest velvets in softness.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos