feathers
Example Sentences
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Each had various degrees of success but two of them ruffled feathers.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
The animal was a feathered relative of Velociraptor with long feathers on both its forelimbs and hind limbs.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
Gray-black feathers lay on the sidewalk and a nearby lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Roy interjected with the mischievous smirk typical of a younger brother trying to ruffle some feathers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
Sewn to the left side of her jerkin -and those of Hord and Oslak -was their clan-creature skin: a strip of black feathers.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
