The word "ruffle" is a word that is used in written English
It is typically used as a verb meaning "to rumple," "to disarrange," or "to disturb." An example sentence would be: "She carelessly ruffled her hair as she walked."
Whenever he left the room, he'd ruffle his hand through my hair and call me Boysie.
They believe that he is pursuing reforms less out of devotion to democratic principles than to ruffle the feathers of his fellow Gulf rulers.
"I figured I'd ruffle a few feathers for a week or two," he recalls.What happened instead remains puzzling to this day, not least to Mr Carr himself.
"CAFUNÉ (N): A STROKE or ruffle of a loved one's hair".
The Democrats would warm to any opponent who dares to ruffle the smooth Mr Lott (last weekend the Senate leader had prematurely declared the tobacco bill "dead").
However, the Dutch minister did ruffle feathers by criticising the Syrian government for hosting a conference of Palestinian factions opposed to the peace initiative launched at last year's Annapolis meeting.
The cheerful buzz at its offices is in sharp contrast to the rest of the industry—although Mr Murdoch did ruffle feathers at the paper this week by easing out its editor, despite having pledged not to interfere unduly in editorial matters when he bought it.
The government undertook no prior consultation before making the change and never formally announced it.Mr Harper may have chosen to downplay the new policy simply because he didn't expect it to ruffle many feathers.
It sounds nice but it doesn't work.Chris JonesWolfowitz and the World BankSIR - You list Paul Wolfowitz's stint as American ambassador to Indonesia as a positive towards his appointment to head the World Bank ("A hawk to ruffle the World Bank's feathers", Economist.com, March 21st).
While Hurricane Miliband might not ruffle too many feathers, we'd probably all get out the way of Hurricane Thatcher.PHIL RHYS THOMAS London* Letter appears online only.
On the talk shows she has let her personal irritation with Mr Clarke ruffle her feathers, but Ms Rice is an eloquent speaker, with a sure command of her brief.
