Sentence examples for primp and preen from inspiring English sources

It is a particularly sour pair of ugly sisters who primp and preen around their mistress's boudoir in this all-male staging of the Jean Genet play for the Glasgay festival.

Likewise, the implication of caring about appearance now became associated with the "weaker sex," whereas in previous centuries men were expected to primp and preen -- and for the results to look like they did.

"It's not primped and preened and polished, but it's alive".

As is the long-awaited iPad app, which is currently being primped and preened for your delectation.

Large dog owners see me as an ally in the battle against the "toys" — eentsy, primped and preened, frivolous creatures that tremble and yap.

For brief moments, she seemed to be steering clear of terminal impact – she would appear primped and preened on some chat-show or other, but then hours later be snapped falling out of a nightclub bleary-eyed.

Whilst most of us mere mortals spent the afternoon filling up on Sunday lunch, this bunch have been primped and preened to an inch of their lives all in aid of their moment on the red carpet.

Watching them hammers home the point: we could buy their clothing ranges and copy their make-up, but we could never join the K-club, because the family are edited, filtered, primped and preened.

I refuse to spend hours on piping, primping and preening a dish that would taste just as good if it were served jumbled like a gooseberry fool or drowned in homemade custard.

By day he rests and reads a little; by night he comes alive, a vampire in a linen suit, throwing great raves for primped and preened pals in his penthouse.

All the cows were primped and preened behind the scenes to make them look their best for the show, with 12 hairdressers brushing and drying, according to a DPA report.