white feather

Example Sentences

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"My friend's little girl came running up to me and said, 'Look what's landed on me' and a white feather had landed on her, so I just felt like he was here on the day."

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

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

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

Bending over him, the old man touched his back with a long white feather, held it up for a moment, crimson, for the people to see, then shook it thrice over the snakes.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley