peacock

He doesn’t peacock, he doesn’t preen; he is visibly angry with himself when he doesn’t produce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

As if to underline the point, he wore a medallion around his neck featuring NBC’s peacock logo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

This week, Rausch’s fellow Traitors, Housewives Candiace Dillard Bassett and Lisa Rinna, get to peacock in a massive crown and, for Rinna, a brooch as bewitching as it is deadly.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

The peacock is often used to symbolise beauty and pride in Nigerian art, AFP reports.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

I placed Quinby’s peacock snails on a plate, and she ate them in a flash.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

To get a sense of the topography, walk 10 minutes from the center of town up to the Citadelle, a fortress where peacocks roam and you’ll have panoramic views over the Gulf of St. Tropez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

For all the talk about horses, the Kentucky Derby has a lot of peacocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

I’m lucky in that I live near three botanic gardens, so I really have my pick, but I got a membership to the Arboretum because I like that they have peacocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

On the course, elaborate tombs of the city's past rulers poke through tangled trees that are home to peacocks, troops of monkeys and mongooses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

“I thought it would be just perfect for the blog. Such a beautiful house and in this kind of magnificent ruin. Plus peacocks on the roof.”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In a choreographic sequence during the final seconds of his program, Malinin peacocked to the fans—and judges—with the kind of daring maneuver that’s more common on snow than ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Charles’s coronation was a full-color spectacle, showing off the peacocked glory of British tradition and the bells and whistles of 21st-century TV.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2023

Stone-faced men in suits with badges pinned to their belts peacocked around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

The helicopter landed just before 3 p.m. and Mick Jagger, 26 years old, bushy-haired and chewing gum, peacocked onto the pavement.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2019

Then it was that Robin must have become owner of the peacocked arrow.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

No peacocking and no polyester are among the codes junior bankers typically learn by breaking them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

"So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

It was a novel turn for an artist venerated for his dexterity, his peacocking, his exuberance, his progressivism.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

“We call on Mr. Peltz to end his peacocking so that Disney can focus on its bright future, and not be dragged backward in time,” Jason Aintabi, Blackwells’ chief investment officer, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

You surely would not have us a couple of mincing girls peacocking round in this fashion, would you now?'

From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.