Examples of plumage in a Sentence
The peacock has colorful plumage.
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For both the London and Los Angeles premieres of the Netflix sci-fi series’ fifth season, stylist Ryan Young curated Brown’s Ashi Studios and Rodarte looks, with a bevy of black fabric, plumage, corsetry and more.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
House finches and golden finches have colorful plumage.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
The riflebird’s plumage owes its deep, velvety black coloration not just to pigment, but also to its microscopic structure, which involves tightly packed barbules that deflect light inwards, absorbing nearly all of it.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Whatever meaning Klimt poured into this figure during some erotic blaze of inspiration was no match for this display of capital in full plumage.
—Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
House finches and golden finches have colorful plumage.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
The riflebird’s plumage owes its deep, velvety black coloration not just to pigment, but also to its microscopic structure, which involves tightly packed barbules that deflect light inwards, absorbing nearly all of it.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Whatever meaning Klimt poured into this figure during some erotic blaze of inspiration was no match for this display of capital in full plumage.
—Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plumage
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“Plumage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumage. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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plumage
noun
plum·age
ˈplü-mij 
: the feathers of a bird
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