“I didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers when I told you that your dress looked ugly,” the teenager told her classmate.

When the girl interrupted her friend’s conversation, it seemed to ruffle all of her friends hanging around.

Little brothers often will ruffle the nerves of their older siblings who may retaliate against them.

Mischievous teenagers will often ruffle their teacher’s attitudes by talking back to them.

After Farmer Joe’s third cow was stolen out of his pasture, it seemed to now ruffle his nerves that the cow thief was not caught yet.