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

In Prussia it has been the habit, from time immemorial, for the heir to the throne to coquet with the Liberals, and to be supposed to entertain progressive opinions.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

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

If she really loved him, would she coquet with him like this—would she so pretend?

From The Hoyden by Duchess

In the last century there lived a man who, in his young days, was a desperate coquet.

From Indian Story and Song from North America by Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham)