quill

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Recent Examples of quill Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes. Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020 For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns. Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020 While pens, pencils, and quills still work magic on a piece of paper, writing utensils for your bullet journal can be a pain to carry around. Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020 Visitors can browse through more than 2,000 displays in other media, including decorative gourds, metal, wood, glass, jewelry, quilled greeting cards, handmade clothing and accessories. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for quill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quill
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • That’s because the quick-drying fabric of these pants is perforated throughout, promoting air flow on hot, humid days.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
  • Individual plates, perforated with pinholes, are illuminated by a bright central light.
    Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • The trip by Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to China for a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the official end of World War II in the Pacific, is her first international diplomatic outing and thrusts her to the forefront of the world stage.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Press your lower back into the floor beneath you, engage your core, and thrust your hips toward the ceiling.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.
    Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
  • And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.
    Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
Verb
  • The Safavieh Parker Dining Chairs are the perfect mix of farmhouse and transitional style with their durable oak wood frame and spindle flat-back design.
    Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For robots and things of that nature, servo motors for robots, but also spindle and stepper motors for various applications.
    Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2022
Verb
  • Louisa Catherine Adams, John Quincy Adams’s wife, had gimlet eyes, a satirist’s wit, and a sharp pencil.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2016

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“Quill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quill. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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