Feathers shimmered

Meaning: This means that the feathers of a bird shone with a subdued or intermittent light. It's like saying, The bird's covering sparkled or glittered.

Choice of Words: Feathers are the light, horny structures forming the external covering of the body of birds. Shimmered is the past tense of the verb 'shimmer', which means to shine with a subdued or intermittent light.

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• Bright colors of feathers shimmered in sunlight.
• The bird's feathers shimmered in the warm sunlight.
• Golden feathers shimmered in sunlight.
• Their colorful feathers shimmered in the sunlight.
• Feathers of the bird shimmered in the sunlight.
• The colorful feathers of the bird shimmered in the sunlight.
• Feathers shimmered, colors danced in the sun.
• The colorful feathers shimmered in the sunlight.
• The bird had colorful feathers.
• Snowflakes fall like feathers.