coquet

Example Sentences

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A: I'm afraid I was a bit of a coquet in my youth, but now that I'm a grandmother with an 18-year-old granddaughter, I'm simplifying what I wear.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2010

Just here Hazel entered and replenished the hearth, stopping half-way, with her armful of brush, to coquet an instant in the mirror, and adjust the scarlet love-knot in her curls.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

He is the veriest coquet in nature, for, after all, I amconvincedam convinced he loves Emily.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

The simplicity of the remedy is so attractive that it is not surprising that the Governments of industrial nations should coquet from time to time with the policy of compulsory arbitration.

From The Acquisitive Society by Tawney, R. H.

The coquet is sadly tempted to gather some of the flowers for her own use, but dares not.

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea