primp
verb (used with object)
to dress or adorn with care.
were primping
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past progressiveof primp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In tryout towns from San Francisco to Boston, new shows were primping, polishing and rehearsing last week for Broadway.
From Time Magazine Archive
All over the land last week, sportwriters were primping and smoothing the cowlicks on their local heroes, like a roomful of jealous mothers trying to get baby elected No. 1 at a baby show.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trying out on the road before the hoped-for move to Broadway, new shows were primping frantically amid the desperate attentions of play doctors, angels, producers and producers' wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
I called to four of my friends who were primping in front of the restroom’s large lounge mirror.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
We called to you girls but you were primping in your room and didn't answer.
From Two Little Women by Carolyn Wells
