Sentences with quill
quill
Q q - She dipped a quill in ink, then began to write.
- To quill a duck before cooking it.
- I'm sure there were those who lamented the demise of the quill pen and inkstand in the classroom.
- A porcupine road kill between Yellowknife and Hay River provided a good quantity of quills to start off with.
- Yet display can also conceal, as the raised quills of a porcupine disguise the vulnerability and true size of its actual body.
- Clearly a master of her modest medium, she folds paper into facets, quills it into curlicues and cuts it into intricate, lacelike filigree.
- Its plectra - which pluck the strings to produce the harpsichord's sound - were replaced using black turkey quills, and the instrument now produces a sound as close as possible to how it would have sounded when made by Haxby.
- His head bent in deep thought, he bit his lip in uncertainty while lowering his quill to the parchment.
- Outside the banquet hall there was a small oak table, upon which rested a yellowed parchment and a droopy quill of some exotic bird.
- These elaborately painted masks represent a pair of horned animals, each with a porcupine quill sprouting from its head.
- Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic.
- Lowering his quill once more, the ink trailed in a continuous line, curving and twisting on the paper.
- Among the most beautiful objects depicted are those with woven porcupine quills dyed many colors.
- Usually when approached these spiky creatures stop and raise their quills in defence as they dig themselves into the ground.
- With its back arched, head tucked away and peeping backwards underneath its belly, the porcupine turns its back on the attacker and charges, the idea being to drive the sharp quills into the attacker.
- In one arm, he cradled a stack of books, and in the other, a leather satchel full of feather quills and dozens of tiny glass bottles.
- It will retain aspects of its heritage - such as signing the loss book with a quill pen - as a way of reaffirming its long history, continuity and stability.
- Throughout our period various breeds of birds were used to supply different quills, including duck, goose, swan and pheasant.
- Each quill is conspicuously marked with black and white bands.