feathering

present participle of feather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feathering
Verb
  • Instead, his impact, like pulling children into his winner's circle, will continue to be honored by other tracks.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Carpenter spoke with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about the challenges of relationships, her controversial album cover, which depicts her kneeling beside a man who is pulling her hair, and the new songs featured on the album.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Alongside this darkness, Sage shares the traditions of her people that save her life, braiding her personal story together with Cree stories, and with the ceremonies that have carried her through times of need.
    Eliana Ramage September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The creation of an entirely new style of music, and its coming into being as part of a backlash to the anti-disco backlash, is a complex tale, and Bratton’s braiding together the strands into a coherent, compelling narrative speaks to his gifts as a storyteller.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His death was ruled a suicide by hanging.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, hanging one rail is so much easier on your walls than a splatter of nail holes.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, figuring this out is necessary to balance human realities with ethical leadership.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Companies ‘don’t feel like figuring it out’ There are several reasons that companies may be reluctant to relax their hours and location requirements, Fike says.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ecuador are a couple of points behind Brazil and sit in the middle of the chasing pack, but that is not the whole story.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than chasing every trend or asset class, invest where your heritage, relationships, and insight give you natural advantage.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guests at the celebration were also shown sipping wine and spending time in nature, including painting on canvases as a group.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Goudstikker’s daughter-in-law claims to be heir to painting Weitz, the attorney for the family who lost the work, told USA TODAY that her client, von Saher, 81, is the rightful heir to the painting.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No one needs to convince a soul that Colman is one of the single best reasons to keep watching movies and TV today, and that her talent for lacing a twinkle with high degrees of thallium is damn near peerless.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The lacing structure on The Roger Pro Fire is designed to give support and lockdown to the midfoot, Janes says.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Feathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feathering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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