coquettish

Example Sentences

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Patrons laughed at a corny but cute puppet show starring Casa Bonita’s dishes, from a chirpy hard-shelled taco to a coquettish sopaipilla.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

He captures her coquettish coyness without caricaturing it.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

"I think I'm camp rather than coquettish," she counters.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2021

The current season presents Diana, played by Emma Corrin, as young and coquettish.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

We bobbed our hair and wore cloche hats at coquettish angles and tried to sound like Gloria Swanson.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García