quill
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Amid the fresh scholarship of recent years—the microanalysis of quill strokes, the algorithmic scrutiny of syntax—Mr. Swift’s contribution, and it’s a valuable one, is to tell the story of a building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The set list mixed new songs with old favorites: “Bloody Mary” into “Abracadabra” into “Judas” into the German-language “Sheiße,” which involved a bunch of oversize quill pens and a Last Supper-style tableau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
Written using quill and ink, the letter dated 4 September 1892 reveals the names of three engineers who installed a new type of light in the 30ft tower.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
I would exercise my First Amendment right to free speech—but in the old-fashioned way: by scratching out pamphlets with a quill pen and handing them out on the street.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
I reach to the nearest wall and touch the tip of the quill to the darkness residing between two slats of wood, and something darker than ink sucks into the hollow of the quill.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
As late as the 1800s, most commodities were cultivated: Cinnamon bark was peeled and rolled into quills, opium juiced from poppies, and tea leaves dried out in the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Each one is hand-plucked, which means you may spot a few black quills here and there; the company insists they’re harmless, and they disappear once cooked.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Cedric straightened up, his arms full of inky quills, parchment, and books, his ripped bag dangling off one shoulder.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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