How to Use feathering in a Sentence

feathering

noun

• The brown feathering on the side resembles a spoonie, while the back end of the bird is more wigeon-like.
  — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• Once the lip is in place, add a sheer layer of translucent powder to set it and prevent feathering as the night goes on.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2021
• Then, blot with a Kleenex or add a small amount of translucent powder to prevent feathering.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2022
• The feathering of setters — the longer fur on their ears, chest, back of the legs and tail — works to blend their movement into a sweeping brush of the countryside.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2019
• Henderson, a task force member, likes to gaze out toward the hills, with their thick tree canopy and feathering of clouds on top.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2020
• Wispy bangs typically have a lot of feathering on the ends, adding to their barely there, soft look.
  — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2022
• The humiliation of tar-and-feathering is evoked here too, but so is a message of flight.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• Because this is sports and not real life, tarring and feathering is going to win.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• That problem has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of U.S. history, to varying degrees, since the days of tarring and feathering.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2021
• There are 80-pound setters with silky coats that nearly brush the ground, and there are 35-pound setters with just enough wispy feathering to distinguish them from pointers.
  — Tom Davis, Field & Stream, 15 May 2020
• This bird has a white patch right behind the bill (characteristic of blue-wings) paired with the cinnamon brown feathering.
  — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• So add a feathering of gold to lids, or let a gilded highlight offer extra radiance.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2023
• Tumeric sheet masks! Eyebrow feathering! Gen-Z yellow! Cloning your dog!
  — Greta Lee, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2018
• Yellow Madonna is a pastel yellow with faint yellow and green feathering.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
• While wispy bangs tend to work well on those with finer hair because the feathering creates volume, an experienced hairstylist can feather the ends of heavier hair to keep the look light and airy.
  — Danielle Blundell, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
• Out on the high seas, despite cramped and filthy conditions, rampant scurvy, omnipresent rats, and the threat of tar-and-feathering, a skilled sailor left to his own devices might have occasion to carve out a fine pornographic scrimshaw on sea ivory.
  — Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
• No bold lip is complete without a liner, which can prolong lipstick wear by up to two hours and helps ensure a flawless even color all day long without smudging or feathering.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
• Though the attacks were rarely fatal, victims of tarring and feathering were humiliated by being held down, shaved, stripped naked and covered in a boiled sticky substance and feathers.
  — Karen Sieber, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
• Swedes, of course, have an innate knack for nest feathering, and any first-time visitor to Stockholm should come prepared for the scope and richness of the housewares-shopping experience (i.e., bring an empty suitcase).
  — Andrew Ferren, ELLE Decor, 3 May 2010
• The vehicle's feathering system, which allows the space plane's wings to fold up, was deployed prematurely due to human error, causing the vehicle to rip apart mid air.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 11 July 2021
• As if with ink and watercolor, Ahdieh pairs sharp lines with a delicate feathering of interior color.
  — Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2020
• This is unique from traditional feathering in aviation, which involves rotating the propellers of a turboprop engine to reduce drag in the event that the engine fails.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
• The powerful level of pigmentation provided healthy doses of color in one swipe without feathering, even on 70-plus-year-old skin.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• Camouflage your lips with a non-drying concealer to prevent feathering.
  — Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 18 Dec. 2013
• Her crisp white custom Atelier Versace gown featured ombréd feathering, billowing out into a small train.
  — Erika Harwood, Vanities, 24 Feb. 2017
• Banja Luka is a strong yellow with red feathering and another variety likely to return the following spring.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
• In the case of Jianianhualong, the dinosaur's feathering gives paleontologists a better idea of what the ancestral plumage pattern looked like.
  — Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 8 May 2017
• Incidents of tarring and feathering as a form of public torture can be found throughout American history, from colonial times onward.
  — Karen Sieber, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
• The Space Shuttle is covered with heat shields that absorb the heat generated by friction, but there are more elegant solutions for flights that don’t need to go into orbit, including feathering, which was first described in 1958.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2011
• Furthermore, the feathering motion is mainly how penguins produce such powerful forward propulsion in the water.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024