How to Use ruffle feathers in a Sentence

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• The path to healing can take many forms and even ruffle feathers.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2021
• And less time in Belfast meant fewer chances to ruffle feathers.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• What Riley has to gauge is how much that will ruffle feathers around the L.A. recruiting scene.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• But yeah, something that was earnest was just something that was gonna ruffle feathers of that, like, 20-something city crowd.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 June 2023
• Another stunt to mess with the status quo, to ruffle feathers, to challenge.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2022
• No one who is so supremely, unabashedly unafraid to ruffle feathers in defense of his team.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2021
• Osborne didn't want to ruffle feathers but did engage in a slight disagreement with his player.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022
• But that can ruffle feathers in the context of a campaign where officeholders are expected to lock arms with those in their own party.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• Thomas, who left Cedar Hill for Faith Family in 2017, understands that his program may ruffle feathers.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
• And Kang has always been willing to ruffle feathers in favor of saying something honest.
  — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2021
• No movie captures everyone's experience, and this film will surely ruffle feathers (kissing in front of the Torah is not exactly kosher).
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• The next most sensible choice is Ross Chastain, who’s led the standings on multiple occasions this season while continuing to ruffle feathers along the way.
  — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• Netflix continues to ruffle feathers After the clip went viral, author Philip Pullman decided to chime in.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 Feb. 2022
• Flanary isn’t terribly concerned that his caricatures will ruffle feathers among his peers, in part because he’s never far removed from a joke at the expense of his own specialty.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 25 Mar. 2022
• The exhibition exists in a mostly polite space that is not designed to ruffle feathers or cause discomfort, but the large works draw the viewer in to contemplate the diminutive slogans and iconography sprinkled throughout.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022
• Beverley wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers during his television appearance — his statements were bold.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2022
• But managing a workforce also means making tough decisions that will inevitably ruffle feathers.
  — Washington Post, 27 July 2021

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024