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Four goslings twisted their downy necks to stare at me hard.—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 July 2025 In the center of all those pointy twigs will be a cup shape of soft and downy materials that will cradle the eggs and the new babies.—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025 Two tall sandhill crane parents strutted through the marsh, their downy red colt toddling behind them.—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025 Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downy
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