Sentence examples for ruffled plumage from inspiring English sources
Some observers reported obviously sick blackbirds, which showed signs of apathy and ruffled plumage.
The owner referred of a sudden isolation of the sick animals, with apathy, diarrhea, ruffled plumage and respiratory rattles.
Anamnestic data collected from the owner referred of a sudden isolation of the diseased animals, with apathy, diarrhea and ruffled plumage; moreover, close to a diseased bird, respiratory rattles were be heard.
Curling in the midday sun, a scaly surface of rubbery black shingles covers the walls of the two-storey building in the university grounds, like the ruffled plumage of some mysterious fowl.
Bob Costas ruffles feather in Olympic slopestyle.
A.S. observed birds through small two-way mirrors mounted in the wall of building adjacent to cages and recorded the following grooming behaviors: preening (the bird takes a feather in its beak), ruffling (the bird shakes entire plumage), and scratching (the bird scratches a part of its plumage with a foot).
Feathers will be ruffled.
He also ruffled feathers.
