coquetting
Example Sentences
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He was exactly fitted to hew his way to the Presidency, and he would have done so infallibly if he had not made the mistake of coquetting with slavery.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.
Summer zephyrs were coquetting with the sombre pine-branches; summer-scents were stealing up to Jessie's windows from the garden.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
They fancied that M. Thiers was coquetting with the émeute, that the petit bourgeois, as he hypocritically called himself, wanted to cozen the monarchists, and, using Paris as his lever, overthrow them.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
But the economical, hygienic and domestic reasons were all against the journey; so a few days ago I ceased coquetting with the idea of it, and have finally given it up.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William
Otherwise his career had been much like other careers, denouncing, or coquetting and even pressing for office, equable in expectation, and vindictive if refused.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
