How to use feather in a sentence

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More sentences with feather

• This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.From the entry wet
• The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.From the entry probable
• He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself.From the entry feather in one's cap
• I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!From the entry shaft
• Any frank discussion of politics is sure to ruffle some feathers.From the entry ruffle some feathers
• The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.From the entry downy
• The ocellated turkey has an eye-shaped spot on its tail feathers.From the entry ocellated
• I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.From the entry stuff
• Peacocks have eyelike spots on their tail feathers.From the entry eyelike
• The cat swatted at the feather.From the entry swat
• Birds initially developed wings and feathers as a means of heat regulation. The use of wings for flight is an example of exaptation.From the entry exaptation
• Rishabh is Indian (dots, not feathers).From the entry dots, not feathers
• Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.From the entry sew
• On a value-for-money basis, Scotland currently has more feathers in its cap.2025 July 9, Mel Holley, “How much should a station cost?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 27. From the entry feather in one's cap
• Asking multiple territorial sales teams to share ideas and resources ruffled feathers.2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry ruffle some feathers
• But enantiornithine birds seem to have developed feathers in a radically different way, as Dr.2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times. From the entry enantiornithine
• Or it can be a broken and burned gull feather littered along the runway.2022 April 14, Jason Bittel, “‘Snarge’ Happens, and Studying It Makes Your Flight Safer”, in New York Times, archived from the original on…. From the entry snarge
• His classical variations are high-octane sprints; he lifts ballerinas like they’re feathers.2021 March 10, Gia Kourlas, “Ballet Is Hard Enough. What Happens When You Lose a Year?”, in The New York Times. From the entry consummate
• The wintering grasses smoldered with a reddish-browh hue, similar to the patches on the bird's coverlet feathers.2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry coverlet
• Her belly feathers were all ruffled, unlike the straight black waiscoat stripe of her unsitting mate.2021, Mike Tomkies, A Last Wild Place: Seasons in the Wilderness. From the entry unsitting
• Say hello to a phalanx of fellows whose phallophilia lies fallow on the hollow feather pillow.2020, Dominic Pettman, The Humid Condition, Punctum Books, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry phallophilia
• He turned at the brush of my hand at his shoulder, light as a feather of hope.2018, A. Renež Olesiewicz, The Wonderer: A Darby, Baird & Co. Novel, page 142. From the entry Chicago brick
• On the wing, even the tiny “thumb feather” or alula can be seen.2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian. From the entry alula
• Among the neoptile feathers occur isolated bristle-like filaments, whose origin and function are unclear.2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian. From the entry neoptile
• Use purple three-awn grass to replace the overused, invasive non-native weedy Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima).2016, Greg Rubin, Lucy Warren, The Drought-Defying California Garden, Portland: Timber Press, published 2021, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry non-native
• A typical sign of cloacitis is smelly slime oozing from the vent and sticking to the feathers.2016, Gail Damerow, The Chicken Health Handbook. From the entry cloacitis
• Every soldier knows that “feather merchants” means civilians, but few know why it does.2016, Max Shulman, The Feather Merchants: A Novel. From the entry feather merchant
• The bird comes cartwheeling out of the forest in a flurry of feathers and leathery wings.2015, Brian Falkner, Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry 'saur

Meaning of feather

1. noun A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2. noun Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
3. noun One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

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Questions about feather in a sentence

How do you use feather in a sentence?

Feather is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The stylist feathered my hair.”

What is a short sentence with feather?

“The stylist feathered my hair.”

What does feather mean?

Feather means a branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.