prim
Example Sentences
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Everything is prim, but the picture’s mood is as weirdly glum as it is exuberant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024
It is also, at the risk of sounding prim, worth noting how unusual it is for the Treasury to be teasing quite so much around tax cuts just before a big statement like this.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023
A portrait of a prim young lady in bright brushstrokes was being sold for $5,190.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
A prim woman with bobbed hair and a throaty French accent asked Felicia to remove her shoes and knee socks, then made a note in a calfskin ledger.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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