feathering

present participle of feather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feathering
Verb
  • Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday returned the 20 living hostages held in Gaza for more than two years to Israel, while Israeli authorities released close to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners after pulling back military forces in the strip to control roughly half of the territory.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The podcasts will range from sports to culture to true crime, aiming to both complement Netflix's current slate and bring in new audiences, pulling from The Ringer's lineup.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And as founders of Freedom Braiders, my daughter and I lead programs that teach the art of hair braiding and offer cognitive behavior classes in jails.
    Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The color-happy fiber braiding here is another detail to look forward to, capable of adding boldness to your otherwise quiet-luxury ‘fit formulas during fall.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But by embroidering the drama of an American navigating Paris Fashion Week with stories of other women caught in the whirl, Winocour dilutes them all.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jenner donned a black leather bra and matching micro shorts that had hanging silver chains attached at the hips.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The one specific pressing issue hanging over the Bengals is the future of star defensive end Trey Handrickson, who has been at odds with them for months.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When a group has been together for so long, there can be a risk of other teams ‘figuring you out’.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Just figuring the run right there, Blake’s pitched some of the biggest outs, innings in the postseason for us.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet everyone around me seemed to be chasing release by optimizing their prison jobs, their studies, their participation in self-help groups.
    Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Such a special occasion called for just the right host—an alumnus found on any list of greatest cast members, but one who’s also easily recognizable to the younger audiences that the show is always chasing.
    Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But another study is painting a more-nuanced picture of feline behavior.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Explaining exactly why this particular trend, like so many confounding memes and viral nonsense, will travel unbelievably far on the web, and elsewhere, is as easy as painting wind.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Feathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feathering. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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