fluff

For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Medicine and science were serious; communication was fluff.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Davies said fledglings would "glide like a kite" once they lost their fluff and got their primary feathers, and were shown the ropes by the older generation.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

After losing their clutch, the eagles brought sticks, fluff and prey to the nest, and mated — all signs new eggs might come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

He gathered masses of fluff from the seed pods of milkweed to keep him warm in his log.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Yeh categorizes sweet salads with affection and a wink: cookie salads, Jell-O salads, candy bar salads, fluffs.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025

“I realized these fluffs were dead mice that were melted into our oven that I had fed our family with for four years,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022

At this point she fluffs her lines, double faulting tamely to hand Pliskova a vital break.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2020

Which is kind of the problem, because as every SoCal resident knows, palm trees shed, and we’re not talking gentle fluffs of fur.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2018

Another attendant fluffs his hair with a wide-tooth comb.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Rose's momentum stalled with a bogey on the 11th, while a fluffed chip cost him another shot on the iconic par-three 12th.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

He scored a crucial break in the seventh game of set three when Diallo fluffed a forehand from the baseline and took control as his opponent's error count surged.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Short answer: Syrupy oil fluffed into a semi-solid.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2025

Verreynne fluffed a ramp - UltraEdge showing he had in fact got some bat on it - before he delivered the winning moment in a more orthodox fashion on the drive.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

I fluffed a couple of pillows and laid them down for us.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

So, I’m fluffing pillows and I’m making the bed, doing all these things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

Heading into the free skate section in the lead, Malinin capitulated, fluffing his signature quad axel jump and falling twice to the ice to plummet to eighth spot overall.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

And as for the strikers fluffing their lines time after time, what else can we expect when we bring in guys who score six, eight, 10 goals a season?

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

In 13 minutes, Rihanna casually performed snippets of 12 hits, universally known songs that don’t require much in the way of fluffing or bombast.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2023

“By the way, they call me Strutter,” said the pigeon, fluffing out her chest feathers.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown