primp

Contestants primp and pose for what they think will be selfies, never suspecting that to those running the game, they’re just a face and a number.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024

Welcome to the 2022 Groom Expo West and its centerpiece event, the Andis Creative Styling Competition, where skilled groomers compete live to primp out their poodles into fantastical works of art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

Q: I see other celebrities on Instagram and they'll primp themselves and be all done up.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021

Pardew was hired with a brief to unlock the talents of some ambitious signings, relax his players, primp the brand.

From The Guardian ● May 12, 2018

Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

That’s a lot of what hairstylist Kayla Gowell hears as she snips, sprays, primps and blow-dries.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Grant's Sir Walter Elliot vainly primps in sheer delight, but doesn't have screen time to save everyone in this story.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022

Dusting her cheeks with powder as she primps before the mirror, Claire demands her dress and her jewels while hurling steaming streams of scornful abuse at her sister — whom she refers to as Claire.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012

Stage Note: Quinn applies Telescopic Explosion Mascara and primps in front of the mirror.

From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 14, 2010

“Well”—the Doctorita shrugs—“either way, she’s definitely becoming a teenager, the way she primps in front of a mirror for an hour before she goes out. Even to buy a bag of eggs!”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

As stylist Jonny Levi, a family friend, primped Marlies post-surgery at her home in Magnolia, blond was suggested for Frei, who wanted to do something.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

“You don’t even have to get up and get dressed and get yourself all primped up. You just put on your headset. I’m legit in pajamas right now.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

With the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for Daniel the popular golden retriever, judge Bob Slay instead picked the perfectly primped and poised black poodle Tuesday night.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020

A giant schnauzer is meticulously primped and primed on a grooming table while a half-submerged Newfoundland is scrubbed in an elevated bathtub.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019

But Mami left our house every morning, primped and perfumed, for a job in a factory in Toa Baja.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The film begins on an exultant note, with a bravura traveling shot following Alana down a line of junior high-schoolers waiting to have their yearbook photographs taken, offering a mirror for last-minute primping.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

But several others, including the United Airlines and Fourth and Vine buildings, are there for the primping in the Regrade.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

Yet clipping is a far more clearcut action than "primping."

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021

I bite my lips so I don’t laugh and give myself away before he’s done primping.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed