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

Her proud obstinacy was not capable of that; she was not one of those sympathetic, dependent women who like to make little blunders so as to be able to coquet with their charming penitence.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

It seemed to coquet with Dawe Armitage; to pour out its infinitesimal stars—-red, blue, green, gold, and amethyst—blazing, splintering, and coruscating to dazzle and bewilder him.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

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

Parrots abound in carnival hues, and buff-colored doves, with soft white rings of feathers about their necks, coquet lovingly together.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray