Sentence examples for Ruffle his feathers from inspiring English sources

In her much-criticized role as national security adviser, Ms. Rice, for instance, is described as deciding to be the president's information broker and sounding board rather than the person, as Mr. Draper puts it, who would ruffle "his feathers with opinions that he did not share".

"Nothing seems to ruffle his feathers".

Oh no, that might ruffle his feathers, Ms. Francis replied.

"I will try to make this answer as short as possible so I won't ruffle his feathers any," said Gatlin when asked whether he thought the boxing-style banter was playing to an appreciative audience.

He's got the British cool - the sense that nothing will ruffle his feathers - but also the fear that, at long last, something will catch up with him that he can't simply glide over with charm and wit.

Don't say, "I was hanging out with Mark all weekend - Mark is so hot!" or he'll see that you're just trying to ruffle his feathers.

One memo cited by the trustee said Citi was looking for someone who "could call Bernie... without ruffling his feathers".

Those opponents actually ruffled his feathers on debut, particularly in the second half, with their direct, aggressive approach.

Yes, City had ruffled his feathers somewhat last May when it won the crown with almost the last kick of the 10-month Premier League marathon.

However concerned Japanese or Korean officials might be about a foreign-born potential terrorism suspect, they would have taken care to avoid unnecessarily ruffling his feathers.

She also has ruffled his feathers a bit by raising the specter of a brokered GOP convention in Tampa.