Feathering in a sentence

The surest failsafe against overthrows of elected governments is that governments are able to evolve systems that make life better for the average citizens, rather than further feathering the nests of a few.

We actually CAN create sunlit uplands if we harness what’s already on offer without the dead hand of a London government and its obsessive feathering of the South East of England’s nest.

It helps prevent feathering and bleeding outside of lip lines, prolongs lip color, plus fills in fine lines.

Even the ones who do things that would call for tar and feathering at the low end do it in a way that doesn't hurt the neighborhood even if it annoys some of the psychopaths (more on that later).

Thus, not only are the same genes involved in foot feathering phenotypes in pigeons and chickens, but the nature of the mutations also very much the same, at least in the case of Pitx1.

Footage shot by the ROV also showed closeups of the intricate structures feathering through the water column.

From 1971, as Adjutant and then OC of the Derry Brigade, he ordered murders, punishment beatings, shootings and the tarring and feathering of women who associated with British soldiers.

Rather, they were feathering their own nest to the chagrin of the people.

Feathering around that line could help capture smaller details, like the a portrait subject’s hair, but would typically include unwanted background details in the process.

He's in a really nice rhythm now, banging down consecutive aces and then feathering a beautiful angled drop volley to complete a hold to 15. Djokovic will serve to stay in the third set.

After feathering and extending the arms, the rower pivots the body forward.

Commercially available wind turbines use sealed, one-moving-part AC generators and passive, self-feathering blades for years of operation without service.

Eventually, procedures were taught to allow a pilot to deal with the situation by reducing power on the running engine, feathering the prop on the failed engine, and then increasing power gradually until the aircraft was in stable flight.

Murphy, p. 209. There was also the fear that local paramilitaries instilled in their respective communities with the punishment beatings, "romperings", and the occasional tarring and feathering meted out to individuals for various purported infractions.

On 4 May 2011, the first test on the SpaceShipTwo of the feathering mechanism was made during a glideflight after release from the White Knight Two.

The hair on the legs should be smooth and short, except for a feathering on the front legs and "trousers", as previously described, on the hind legs.

The latter variety has light feathering on the back of the legs and thighs.

This process is sometimes referred to as feathering the blade.