But the prowess of the game is unchanged; for the skill to strike those pendent rings is no less than was the skill to strike armor-joint, visor, or plumed crest.
When she went down the street that day everybody stared surreptitiously and with perfect respect, as her dainty black plumed figure passed; the post-office clerk could barely bring himself to say that there was no letter for her.
On arriving at the ascent, the General for a moment reined in his charger, in order to give time to the rear to close in, then removing and waving his plumed hat.
A fringe as of erect russet hair plumed his hunched shoulders.
The drums beat, and the troops sprang to arms, as soon as they heard the heavy firing at the front; and their volleys for a moment checked the onrush of the plumed woodland warriors.
But indeed the whole life of these wild red nomads, the plumed and painted horse-Indians of the great plains, belonged to time primeval.
Those bearing plumed hats and gold swords were stopped and made to cry, "Long live Broussel!
Perpendicular walls from one to three thousand feet high guarded the way, and were sumptuously plumed with varied foliage, in places, and in places swathed in waving ferns.
The largest individuals of the feathered tribes now extant are ostriches; but the time was when these plumed denizens of the Sahara were small indeed by comparison with existing species.
Staff officers, dressed in uniforms glistening with gold, and plumed hats, were galloping about to deliver orders.
Duc d'Orleans was false to such an extent, that he boasted of his falsehood, andplumed himself upon being the most skilful deceiver in the world.
He was timid to excess, knew it, and was so ashamed that he affected to be exactly the reverse, and plumed himself upon his daring.
The King, who plumed himself upon knowing better than anybody the minutest military details, walking one day about the camp, found an ordinary cavalry guard ill-posted, and placed it differently.
Champlain slept uneasily, and, as day dawned, put on his breast and back plates, his steel thigh protectors, and upon his head his plumed casque.
They were all arrayed in burnished breastplates, and hadplumed helmets on their heads, and javelins in their hands.
After partaking of a hasty meal, they donned their plumed casques, and buckling on their swords, issued forth, and mounted their steeds.
His girdle was set thick with gems, as was the handle of his poniard, and his plumed toque was ornamented in a similar manner.
His towering figure was sheathed in glittering steel, but he had taken off his plumed helm and given it to a page, at the moment when the bishop was brought in.
The plumed courtier, with his wit and grace, So flattered one that scarce she knew her face!
The brook, swollen to a ruffled sea that inundated the low-land meadows, swirled through the willow-copse plumed to its crest with golden down in token of its glad revival.
Already he was standing in the grip of two black-plumed slaves, while no attempt had been made to secure me.
This would seem to be identical with the Aztec Quetzalcoatl, or the Quiche Gucumatz, both of which names signify 'plumed serpent.
The first represents what seems to have been a human figure seated and surmounted by a lofty plumed head-dress.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plumed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
