feathered

past tense of feather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feathered
Verb
  • The number of people using the FAIR plan for fire insurance has increased dramatically in recent years as companies have pulled back business in the state due to losses caused by major wildfires arising from risks due to climate change and other factors.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On their first possession, Mahomes stood in the pocket with the Chiefs in the red zone, spotted receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster open down the middle and pulled the trigger on a third-down pass.
    Sam McDowell October 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Studded and fringed suede jackets at Etro and oversize leather bombers at Versace.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And there's winterbor, which has fringed blue-green leaves.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a now viral TikTok post, Maddie Young, 27, shared snaps from every month of her son Theo's first year, where he can be seen in a similar position wearing the same blue sweater with his name embroidered on the front.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The latter were sometimes embroidered on his signature woolen cardigans and shawls bearing stylized versions of placid landscapes, bandana patterns or geometric motifs.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At Campillo, mid-blue denim was braided into exquisitely relaxed shirting.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In other looks, pearls and cowrie shells were braided into the models’s textures.
    Essence, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the low light, rocky walls loom, wreathed in fog from the hot water.
    Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The other is a sculpture, cast from bronze by Vija Celmins and painted to match the original.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The ceiling and surrounding walls are painted Valspar Sweet Clover—a soft green that pulls out the verdant hues in the wallpaper pattern (Nathan Turner's Cowboy Toile).
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The birds, sourced from Jurgielewicz Farms, an Amish producer in Pennsylvania that raises Peking ducks exclusively, are hung to dry overnight.
    Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The two areas are linked in delightfully indulgent ways, including a darkly glamorous corridor swagged with flower chandeliers and a giant eye behind the bar, with crystal eyelashes.
    Sarah Turner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Feathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feathered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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