Example Sentences

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The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The film begins on an exultant note, with a bravura traveling shot following Alana down a line of junior high-schoolers waiting to have their yearbook photographs taken, offering a mirror for last-minute primping.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

But several others, including the United Airlines and Fourth and Vine buildings, are there for the primping in the Regrade.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2021

Yet clipping is a far more clearcut action than "primping."

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2021

Boys primping in badly fitted suits like his own.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles