Explore Quill through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shaft or calamus. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quill in a sentence
Related words
Quill meaning
- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- A pen made from a feather.
- Any pen.
Synonyms of Quill
Using Quill
- The main meaning on this page is: The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. | A pen made from a feather. | Any pen.
- Useful related words include: quill pen, shaft, calamus, plumage.
- In the example corpus, quill often appears in combinations such as: peter quill, quill and, quill pens.
Context around Quill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quill
- In this selection, "quill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, peter, meredith, jason, leaves, realizing and served stand out and add context to how "quill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and peter quill and and tad quill is showrunner. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quill" sits close to words such as abbotsford, adkins and adventist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Paul: And that would have been a quill. (8 words)
One quill served as a reservoir for ink inside the other quill. (12 words)
One might even see a parallel between James Gunn and Peter Quill. (12 words)
While Ego turning out to be a villain was sort of a predictable plot turn, the emotional payoff of Yondu sacrificing himself to save Quill and Quill realizing that the guy who raised him is more like a father to him than his birth one was truly beautiful. (48 words)
Dario Argento’s visually stunning, deeply unsettling horror classic is full of scary scenes: a ballet student is hanged by a skylight, maggots rain down from the ceiling, and the broken quill of a glass peacock goes through Helena Markos’s neck. (42 words)
But aside from these sweet and small moments peppered throughout the film, and a charming tease toward the end of Emily finally putting quill to paper, the "writing" of it all felt a bit like an afterthought. (37 words)
When that is stripped away from him, he's the guy who's realizing that all of these various people that he's found that are Quill? (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
In more recent stories, however, Quill's origin was altered so that he was the son of Meredith Quill and an alien known as J'Son of Spartax.
Peter Quill leaves behind the Guardians of the Galaxy so that he can return to Earth and make amends with his grandfather, Jason Quill.
While Ego turning out to be a villain was sort of a predictable plot turn, the emotional payoff of Yondu sacrificing himself to save Quill and Quill realizing that the guy who raised him is more like a father to him than his birth one was truly beautiful.
One quill served as a reservoir for ink inside the other quill.
But, as expected, the clip promises heart, soul and a lot more emotions as Peter Quill and Co. fight to protect the cosmos.
But aside from these sweet and small moments peppered throughout the film, and a charming tease toward the end of Emily finally putting quill to paper, the "writing" of it all felt a bit like an afterthought.
Dario Argento’s visually stunning, deeply unsettling horror classic is full of scary scenes: a ballet student is hanged by a skylight, maggots rain down from the ceiling, and the broken quill of a glass peacock goes through Helena Markos’s neck.
For the monthly craft, Club Co-Leader Christian Moorefield led the youth in doing a quill and ink craft, using ink made from blueberries the 4-Hers crushed onsite, feathers and parchment paper.
In one fell swoop, Quill embraced the life of a mortal man and showed that true heroism is more often than not found in the right choices rather than superpowers.
It's also notable that Peter Quill claimed that he'd always have a piece of Ego's power with him via the seedling he absorbed.
Legendary Star-Lord comic book run serves as a prelude to the “Secret Wars” event, the MCU could be teasing how Quill will show up again when the Avengers end up in Battleworld.
One might even see a parallel between James Gunn and Peter Quill.
Paul: And that would have been a quill.
Peter Quill no longer has the traditional powers of a Celestial that Ego had.
The film was a spiral of emotions throughout all of the characters, especially Peter Quill grieving the “death” of Gamora, but she is not actually dead– that part is confusing so we will leave it at that.
This Gamora isn't in love with Peter Quill and has no memory of the early adventures of the Guardians.
When that is stripped away from him, he's the guy who's realizing that all of these various people that he's found that are Quill?
A coloured taper is fixed in the upper quill, and lighted on Christmas Eve.
After directing him as Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in all three installments of Guardians of the Galaxy, Gunn had fans talking when he posted a photo of Pratt visiting him on the set in June.
Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling created the show and Tad Quill is showrunner.
Common combinations with quill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: