Example sentences for: feather

How can you use “feather” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Knocked for a feather meaning `greatly surprised' could be a humorous blend of knocked for a loop and knocked over with a feather , just as fleazy is perhaps a blend of flea and sleazy . To go on a bilge or drinking spree used by three Northern informants is perhaps an alteration of to go on a binge , or perhaps a punning alteration, or perhaps a pronunciation variant, with l substituted for n , as in chimney/chimley . For lack of evidence, all of these derivations are essentially guesses.

  • The five much-anticipated Monica Lewinsky pics include: Monica lolling on grass in a red-checked gingham shirt (see: Marilyn Monroe), Monica wistful on the beach, Monica wrapped in an old American flag, Monica vamping with pink feather boa.

  • You’ll find place mats, intricate sculptures, and other designs, and it’s as light as a feather to take home.

  • Karen Lehrman, indeed, seems of a feather with Herbert Stein.

  • Now include a tail feather from a bald eagle.


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