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 leadoff hitters able to drop a feathery bunt down the line.
  — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 9 July 2017
• 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
• But the feathery oddball is so quick that nobody's been able to catch it.
  — Scottie Andrew and Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 1 Aug. 2019
• Try a shirt with a feathery trim that can be worn with high-waisted black slacks or jeans.
  — Lindsay Peoples, The Cut, 20 July 2017
• 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
• On Leaf: Leaf is a hard-nosed stretch-four with a feathery touch from all ranges out to the corner 3-pointer.
  — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2017
• 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
• Baby Frances’s feathery blonde was a sign of more matching to come.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2017
• 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
• Meanwhile, feathery vocals from Blake lend the song a holy sheen.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 June 2019
• Onion and garlic skins, potato peels, the green, feathery tops of carrots and so much more.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
• The saint, wrapped in a black cloak or shroud, floats on the river’s surface, his body lapped by little feathery waves.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 10 May 2018
• Again, the smoke tree blooms are like feathery, fuzzy flowers and look like a beautiful cloud of smoke.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
• There were feathery dresses, sheer tops, and plenty of short skirts for the girl who is ready for a night out on the West End of London.
  — Diana Tsui, The Cut, 17 Sep. 2017
• Opt for a flexible and feathery tool, like the Surrat Cheek brush.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2021
• His feathery lure — designed to look like a small tasty frog — plopped onto the water.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• 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
• His brute force had always been leavened by a feathery touch around the basket.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Actress and writer Tina Fey turned heads in a glamorous and feathery gown.
  — Carolina Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• These large, colorful birds have feathery ear muffs and beards—even the females have beards.
  — National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2017
• Below, take a peek at a few of the best brown mascaras for fluttery, feathery lashes.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 5 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Four children in feathery, white angel costumes spun quickly to make their dresses twirl, waving to their parents, who sat nearby.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024