white feather
Example Sentences
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In the final scene of “Forrest Gump,” a white feather dances from Forrest’s feet, into the air, representing one of the movie’s major threads: Are life’s joys and agonies predestined, or are they indiscriminate?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
During the emotional event, a white feather fell from the sky, which Ms Chambers took as a sign that Sara was looking down on them.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
After the Oscars, just two days before his surprise retirement announcement, Roach put Ann Demeulemeester in a tiny white feather top for the Vanity Fair afterparty and worked with several others on Hollywood’s big night.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
A voluminous white feather headpiece looked like a wild, windswept shrub.
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020
His only answer was a buried white feather, a distant memory of wings against the sky, and a feeling of weightlessness.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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