Sentence examples for feathers off from inspiring English sources

Mammals chew the major flight feathers off and leave ragged quills, and a sniff of the corpse often betrays a fox as the murderer.

A Sunday stroll around Bestival is a surrealist dream, and nowhere more so than on the main stage, where today's aerobics class (following yesterday's slot by Mr Motivator) is being held by a psychedelic cockatoo and a woman in a neon bird outfit muttering "I've sweated my feathers off".

A goose who burned her feathers off trying protect her six eggs from a fire has adopted an orphaned group of goslings.

We blasted the dirt and feathers off with a garden hose.

It was a look that said: "After I smash the goose feathers off your shuttlecock, I shall privatize your rainwater.

Nilda Nuritza Rucal testified that she was put to work without training on the day she was hired, taking feathers off chickens with sharp scissors.

After getting caught on the traps, panicked animals struggle to escape - often breaking their bones and ripping their flesh, fur, and feathers off their bodies in the process.

At age 6 or 7, I'd watch my father butcher the cows and I'd help pick the feathers off the chickens after they were slaughtered.

The kestrel, a rusty-colored falcon about the size of a pigeon, landed on a 14th-floor air-conditioning unit and began plucking the feathers off his prey.

The lady had to wait for the light and by the time she caught up, a rag picker with a bag, had the hat and was pulling the feather off, preparatory to stuffing it in his pack.

I work my tail-feathers off to take premium care of the body the Creator has given me.