feather
Example Sentences
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“She roused her feathers and soon after, more tea kettle whistles came,” the nonprofit wrote in the post.
From Los Angeles Times
He discovered that inside the cave was a soft feather mattress, somewhat old and musty, but still bliss to lie upon.
From Literature
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The day they reached Grandpa’s store, Papa was just about all in and had his mind set on sleeping in one of Grandma’s feather beds.
From Literature
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It always tickled my brain like a feather, but my true name, if I really had one, never surfaced all the way.
From Literature
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Scientists have discovered that an annual event when Emperor penguins completely shed and regrow their feathers is putting the birds in peril as Antarctica is transformed by a warming world.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.