Sentence examples for primping and preening from inspiring English sources
"primping and preening" is correct and usable in written English
It is often used to refer to someone who is dressing or styling themselves in order to look attractive. For example, "She spent hours primping and preening for the party, determined to look her best."
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.
So one day recently, as scores of elderly Russian immigrants sat among the trees in Plummer Park here, playing chess and chastising their Americanized grandchildren in their native tongue, Mr. Brattin and 14 other Aibo owners met in a community room in the park, primping and preening their robots, giving them commands in English and scolding them when they got into mischief.
Avoid selfies, primping, and preening in front of the mirrors--you don't want to be known around the gym as that guy or girl.
Look good (but not too good. ) You're goal is to look attractive and approachable, but not like you've spent all day primping and preening for the beach.
On that measure, more primping and preening goes on in South Korea, Greece and Italy, as the chart below shows.
Getting dressed is the best part of cruising, and on a typical crossing, three of the nights are formal (tuxedos for men) and two are semiformal (jacket and tie), so there's a lot of repairing to the cabin, making cocktails, playing music, primping and preening.
The primped and preening Jagger was one of the frontrunners said to have inspired Carly Simon's 1973 hit 'You're So Vain' – although his backing vocals indicate he wouldn't have taken such an accusation as any kind of slight.
"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.
