coquettish

Example Sentences

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More damagingly, it doesn’t seem as if Hnath’s Nora has evolved all that much from the skittishly coquettish wife of Ibsen’s play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

Responding to the report of his influence in the former president’s orbit, Yoo issued a for-public-consumption coquettish non-denial denial of his ambition.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2024

And Burns nearly steals the second act in her brief solo, “Memory,” a coquettish dream of past flames.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

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

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2021

I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë