feathers

Example Sentences

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There were the bespoke Philip Treacy hats that revisited a technique the milliner has honed for years, with feathers forming typography in words like “Buzz” and “Flow,” worn with some of the men’s looks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

His methods ruffled feathers in both the private sector and in Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

It was a night when Newcastle ruffled one or two feathers.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Already they had discovered that the mattresses on their cots were filled with feathers, and they were plucking them out through the mattress ticking, one by one.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood