How to Use downy in a Sentence

downy

adjective

• The downy feathers on the rest of the wing may also absorb sound.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• Here, the black centers on the anemone pops and the white protea looks almost downy.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
• These downy barbs help a bird stay warm by trapping air close to its body.
  — Trina J. Wood, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• Never trust a baby chick, not even the most downy and guileless.
  — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
• The spots enlarge and are mirrored on the undersurface of the leaf with a white downy growth.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015
• The images are a crisp black-and-white, each downy strand of fuzz on each piglet rendered hyper-real and sharp.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
• Our boy with downy hair on his shoulders, a giant big toe like mine, and a dimple on his left cheek.
  — Jacob Baynham, Esquire, 8 May 2014
• Rainbow,’ this time offering 4-inch rows of downy-white tepals and the same recurved, dark red styles.
  — Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2017
• Dreijer sings, their voice coated in a downy, fungal film.
  — Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023
• The large swans, which have eight-foot wingspans and snow-white feathers, require cold, clear, pristine lakes and ponds to breed and brood their downy gray cygnets.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 May 2023
• This showy plant has origins in the Mediterranean region, and it's prized for its downy leaves, purple blooms, and strong, heady fragrance.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
• Better just lean over and check all those aluminum hangy-downy bits that look like a broken muffler.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 27 May 2020
• Despite its performance, the 350Z does not feel as downy light as a Miata or MR2.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2020
• Little balls of downy feathers will roll along behind parent quail like fuzzy golf balls.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
• Unlike their parents, whose sleek black-and-white feathers seal their skin against the frigid ocean, chicks’ downy plumage isn’t waterproof.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Both the distal tips and the quills at the base are typically overwrapped during the weaving process, with the downy portions exposed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2020
• Body check: Each summer, yaks shed their downy undercoat, and Tibetan nomads comb out and process the soft, cashmere-like fiber.
  — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
• Once an owl has honed in on a victim, the downy feathers on its wings and legs enable it to swoop down without making a sound and grab the animal with strong talons.
  — National Geographic, 31 Oct. 2020
• Warm weather brings on powdery mildew, which covers a plant with a downy, white fungal coating that sucks nutrients out of the leaves.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2017
• This means that more chicks will still be downy and vulnerable come November and December, when the storms pick up.
  — Nadia Drake, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2014
• Both vulture species usually lay a clutch of two eggs, with downy hatchlings that look nothing like their parents.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• Available in more than 20 sizes and colors, the ultra-plush piece has a downy 2-inch pile that will automatically add a dose of cozy to any room.
  — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 21 Sep. 2020
• A downy woodpecker flits among the wayward branches of an uprooted tree.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• Since their skull is flexible, your little one's downy head has already survived a pretty rough ride with no harm done.
  — Denise Schipani, Parents, 22 June 2023
• At the base of each hair, the downy fur resembled the gradient pattern of quail feathers in an exotic ripple of gray changing to brown.
  — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2018
• Mandeville also teaches them to spot the species of birds in their trees -- from downy woodpeckers to western bluebirds.
  — Amy Chillag, CNN, 18 Nov. 2020
• More than a thousand of the stately birds huddled in a protective circle, many straddling a single egg or feeding a downy gray chick.
  — Doug Hansen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 June 2017
• In a simple test, researchers placed the downy animals, hatched after less than a day in complete darkness, one at a time into a special box.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
• Keep things interesting with a variety of downy cashmere and wool beanies in every shade of the rainbow.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2021
• This collaboration features many such knit pieces, including button-downs made from cashmere brushed on the front side to a downy shag, but smooth on the inside against the skin.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024