How to Use feathery in a Sentence

feathery

adjective
  • Remove the feathery gills and scoop out the guts inside the body of the crab.
    Renee Erickson, Robb Report, 25 May 2021
  • The stalks should be crisp, with feathery, bright-green fronds.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The weather was nice, with feathery clouds and no threat of rain.
    Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Sit back, relax, and wait for your feathery friends to join in on the fun.
    Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The Lash Paradise has a full lash fringe that has a feathery soft wavy brush that doesn’t flake or smudge.
    Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The first golf balls were called feathery golf balls and were made with three pieces of leather of sewn together.
    Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Mar. 2021
  • But the bounce has started to return, and so has the confidence to cut and sprint and rise for feathery jumpers.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Shot on Lake Baikal in Siberia, the image shows the intersecting lines in a small feathery crack in the ice.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Onion and garlic skins, potato peels, the green, feathery tops of carrots and so much more.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Again, the smoke tree blooms are like feathery, fuzzy flowers and look like a beautiful cloud of smoke.
    oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Opt for a flexible and feathery tool, like the Surrat Cheek brush.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2021
  • First, there was a flat but feathery pair from Helmut Lang in the July 2018 issue.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 4 May 2021
  • Or a creamy, crinkled-crepe gown by Jil Sander down which V-shaped tiers of feathery fringe descend.
    Laura Neilson, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Now there’s a pile of clothes on the counter: the spy-plane shirt and another top for me; a slip dress, feathery tank, leather skirt and graphic tee for her.
    Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Maitake mushrooms, also called hen of the woods, look like feathery petals growing off a thick trunk-like stem.
    Casey Barber, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Below, take a peek at a few of the best brown mascaras for fluttery, feathery lashes.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Layer avocado toast with a feathery pile of frisée to take it to new heights, in every sense of the word.
    Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Bossy scored on fast, feathery slap shots and searing wristers.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Ayton still uses his feathery touch around the basket to get the best of L.A. in certain stretches.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • Chickpea plants can grow to about 2-feet tall, with small, feathery leaves and white or reddish blue flowers.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Golden as sunbeams and almost as light and feathery as goose down, a good panettone is hard to find.
    Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The tamarisk, with its feathery blue-green foliage, originates from Asia and is believed to have first arrived in the region in the 1800s.
    Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The feathery, aromatic foliage provides a fine texture in the garden when the plant is not in bloom.
    Danielle Ernest, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Her latest craze is the rosy maple moth that’s all decked out in cotton candy pink and feathery feelers.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2021
  • Its purple flowers, born on long stems, arise from feathery clumps.
    Washington Post, 16 June 2020
  • And the mimosa tree looks magical when the feathery pink blooms appear and butterflies and bees form clouds around the tree.
    Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Add the feathery shooting touch, and ask yourself how many other NBA centers can do all of those things.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2021
  • At the base of many recipes is a soft, feathery milk bread, which Cho turns into swirly red bean buns and doughnuts stuffed with salted egg yolk cream.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Lauderdale, Fox wore a pair of pink cargo pants, a teeny-tiny pink bra top and a feathery pink bucket hat.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Prepare for feathery lashes, thanks to the unique helix shape on this rubber wand.
    Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022

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