feathers

Example Sentences

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Data centers serve that purpose nicely: Like all large-scale building projects, they ruffle local feathers; and their purpose, unlike an airport or a shopping center, requires explanation and so lends itself to conspiratorial Facebook posting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

Fossils from Messel Pit, about 47 million years old, preserve details like feathers, fur, and skin.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

I couldn’t get within a mile of anything that had hair or feathers on it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls