feathers
Example Sentences
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Some warned him about "cherishing your feathers", a Chinese expression for protecting one's reputation.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The explosive and heart-wrenching tell-all, released this week, has reportedly ruffled feathers inside Buckingham Palace, and its not hard to imagine why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“There’s a time for a bird to change his feathers, and it’s with the times,” he said on CNBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Inside the coprolite, scientists identified several feathers, tiny scales from a gar fish, and leg bones belonging to a hesperornithiform bird.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nighthand slammed down coins onto the table and they ran, in a flurry of griffin feathers and spilled wine, out of the back door into the street.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
