coquetting

Example Sentences

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He had not been by while she was coquetting with Lothar.

From The Eichhofs A Romance by Reichenbach, Moritz von

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

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

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

More than the five o'clock tea affectation was to come of the new coquetting with English fashions.

From Our Philadelphia by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins