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peacock - use in sentences
Possessives
- tail: Hence, for example, the peacock's tail.
- feather: The red color in the the peacock's feathers signifies his love of contemplation.
- eye: It went up eleven foot or twelve foot high with these peacock's eyes all round and it was absolutely beautiful.
Converse of object
- keep: It is considered unlucky to keep peacocks ' feathers in the house.
- strut: Daniel Coonan's strutting peacock of a count, with a wonderful lisp, added to the hilarity.
Adjective modifier
- small: Two strings of purple beads dangle down from the base of the brace to form a tail, ending in small peacocks ' feathers.
- local: You may even be lucky enough to have a visit from one of the local peacocks.
- rare: With greater luck, some of the angelic, rare white peacocks will do the same.
- male: Increasingly windy later, strong to gale from the S. The male peacock was unable to go to roost in his usual tree.
- white: It was Peter, dragging his quilt behind him like the tail of a white peacock.
Modifies a noun
- herl: A peacock herl body would seem essential to the success of a grayling fly tied in traditional style.
- quill: Good sources for peacock quills are bird sanctuaries, zoos, tackle shops, or craft centers.
- waggler: I have opted for a standard straight peacock waggler with an orange tip.
- feather: We have had a few peacock feathers around for many years; we used to buy them to play with our cats.
- butterfly: BBC Nature notes Some peacock butterflies are on the wing.
- tail: A peacock tail can stop a clock, can shock a room to silence.
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