QUILL in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for QUILL, such as:
1. The duke wrote a letter with a quill pen.
2. There also the family idled while Ellen's quill scratched across her ledgers.
3. The front door opened and the counter boy entered, picking his teeth with a quill.
4. They are to be recognized by the quill pens which they wear in the cord of their hat.
5. He took a quill, wrote the name of d'Artagnan in the commission, and returned it to him.
2. There also the family idled while Ellen's quill scratched across her ledgers.
3. The front door opened and the counter boy entered, picking his teeth with a quill.
4. They are to be recognized by the quill pens which they wear in the cord of their hat.
5. He took a quill, wrote the name of d'Artagnan in the commission, and returned it to him.
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Meanings and Examples of QUILL
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quill
n. the hollow spine of a feather
n. pen made from a bird's feather
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 There also the family idled while Ellen's quill scratched across her ledgers.
2 Surely, when she entered that room, Mother would again be sitting there before the secretary and would look up, quill poised, and rise with sweet fragrance and rustling hoops to meet her tired daughter.
3 "The war is over," she thought and suddenly she dropped the quill as a wild happiness flooded her.
4 She picked up her quill to resume her writing but laid it down when she heard Will coming in at the back door.
5 The front door opened and the counter boy entered, picking his teeth with a quill.
6 The ear has no external leaf whatever; and into the hole itself you can hardly insert a quill, so wondrously minute is it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
7 They are to be recognized by the quill pens which they wear in the cord of their hat.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
8 "Give me paper, a quill, and some ink, then," said the cardinal.
9 "Yes, sir, I know it," replied the duke, dipping the quill in the ink.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
Context Highlight In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
10 He took a quill, wrote the name of d'Artagnan in the commission, and returned it to him.
11 There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill.
12 "I've swallered several; and one had a tolerable quill," said Sam placidly from the corner.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
13 I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find some impression upon this blotting-pad.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
14 "One would have thought quill drivers enough had sprung up," remarked the old prince.
15 Every word of Pierre's burned into his heart, and with a nervous movement of his fingers he unconsciously broke the sealing wax and quill pens his hands came upon on his uncle's table.
Example Sentence:
1 The duke wrote a letter with a quill pen.