Example Sentences

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He accused Mr. Venturi’s critics of “preoccupation with a rather prissily puristic aesthetic.”

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018

It's no fun prissily adhering to grammatical rules if it's mandatory.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2010

Starr prissily boasts that he is not poll driven or part of the "talk-show circuit," despite having spent endless hours videotaping his rehearsals and, that same day, appearing on Good Morning America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though treating nothing prissily with kid gloves, Playwrights Goetz treat everything clinically with rubber ones.

From Time Magazine Archive

She took note of Leslie and asked for an introduction, which one of the girls prissily gave.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson