coquetting

Example Sentences

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With Heine, too, who at that time was coquetting with Communism, he carried on a sprightly and not unfruitful intercourse.

From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.

The ostler watched her pick her way towards her master, coquetting with her head, and sidling round him in the most playful manner possible.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette

Smarting under these injuries, Bourbon, who for some time had been coquetting with the enemies of France, renewed his negotiations with the emperor and Henry VIII. of England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

She was more like herself now, laughing softly and coquetting with the hole in the cave.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth

Remember, no vagaries, no irregularities, no coquetting with the ‘one time that never hurts one.’

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange