primp
verb (used with object)
to dress or adorn with care.
primped
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past participleof primp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof primp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
primpverb (used with object)to dress or adorn with care.
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
Stewart gave up bread and pasta, took Pilates classes and was flown to the Dominican Republic, where she was coiffed and primped and handed a few designer bathing suits to try on for size.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
As stylist Jonny Levi, a family friend, primped Marlies post-surgery at her home in Magnolia, blond was suggested for Frei, who wanted to do something.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
With the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for Daniel the popular golden retriever, judge Bob Slay instead picked the perfectly primped and poised black poodle Tuesday night.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
Mrs. Ogletree even primped her boy Georgie, whom she’d gadded up in a green velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
