quill
Example Sentences
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Instead, she decided "I'm just going to enjoy it" and wore - appropriately - a red quill headpiece to the Baftas.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
He must save it all for his quill.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
How did the shabby offices of the late 1700s, with their dim lights, coal-burning fireplaces and quill pens, evolve into the sleek, high-tech work environments that we know today?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
When I told Julie that I planned to live for a year constitutionally—muskets, quill pens, and all—her reaction was not “Huzzah!”
From Slate • May 8, 2024
It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing quill
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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