Sentence examples for feather movement from inspiring English sources

The white feather movement is a little forgotten now, but it's a key to understanding New Labour's determination to go to war in Iraq.

Emmeline urged men to volunteer for the front lines and, along with Christabel, became a leading figure in the white feather movement.

They urged women to aid industrial production and encouraged young men to fight, becoming prominent figures in the white feather movement.

She brings these qualities to Treasure Island, where her mixture of wistfulness and sprightliness and her light-as-a-feather movement makes her sometimes look like a tiny Charlie Chaplin.

Watching large birds in flight, Wilbur saw how they kept lateral balance by the movement of feathers on their wingtips.

Abstract interpretations included being very gentle; "very soft movement, like a feather inside my belly" (ID042, 36wks).

Klein's article's ruffled feathers in the US green movement, but there are reasons why UK science should be paying attention.

The heavy regular rhythm of the beating wings keeps reappearing from different instruments or groups -- a horn, the strings, the solo piano -- and the percussion often add chinks and tinkles suggestive of movement in the feathers made of unearthly copper.

For eggs taken to hatch, chicks were evaluated for their general quality; such as ability to stand, feather cover, shape of their beaks, movement ability and presence or absence of open navels.

During bird flight, the movement of air across and around wing feathers and vibrations generated by feather-to-feather friction produce sound (Coleman 2008).

His movement and energy quickly unruffled Tottenham feathers.