ruffle
Example Sentences
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His ability to ruffle feathers is simply indicative of his desire to speed things up.
When he meets adults he stares at them and takes them in, then kindly smiles and gurgles and lets them pat him, ruffle his hair, and take his face in their hands.
On a Saturday night in February, the festival’s main procession began with a group of women in traditional ruffled floral dresses, walking through the moonlit streets.
From New York Times
So it turns out, Marie ruffled a lot of feathers, especially among the doctors’ wives.
From Scientific American
It is not the first time that the Biden administration has ruffled the feathers of its European allies.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
