Example Sentences
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While that character, Fleur, primped and preened for an imagined camera as if on a livestream, she bragged about her “social media fluency” on an address to a “royal hiring academy.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
So if you happen to raise an orphan like we did with Alfie, that desire to be preened is very relatable.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
During a 21-point loss in March to the Clippers that clinched the Clippers’ sweep of their four-game season series, Clippers guard Reggie Jackson danced and preened and crowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Another activist, Joy Villa, preened in the background in a floor-length red gown emblazoned with the word “freedom.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2019
So she preened her flight feathers, wiped her cheek on her shoulder, and walked under an overhanging rock.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
