coquetting

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Will they be outweighed by the preservation of one's self-respect, and is not this, after all, a matter of opinion?--is it not a sort of coquetting with one's self?

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

In short he had given way to the belief that she had been coquetting with him.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

The goldfinches swept by overhead with a gleam of colour from their wings, coquetting on their way to the apple-trees.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

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

But they finally went away, and later in the season the wrens appeared, and after a little coquetting, were regularly installed in their old quarters and were as happy as only wrens can be.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John