feathers

Example Sentences

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I’m sure if I looked hard enough, I could find some subsection of the dinosaur community where people are spatting over science or fighting about feathers and scales.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Traditional shuttlecocks are made of 16 duck or goose feathers - each taken from the same wing to give the correct flight and spin as feathers from different wings curve differently.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

That approach ruffled feathers across the sport, as detractors argued that the offseason shopping spree was against the spirit of college sports—a bridge too far even in the wild west of today’s NCAA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

She would just be free and wear glitter on her face and have feathers in her hair and her music was very unapologetically brash and tongue-in-cheek with the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But in the last few hours of the shift, feathers had begun sprouting across Molly’s shoulders, and she’d begged Clara three times to go to Ashmodai for answers.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny