coquettishness
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“MJ” represents the 22-year-old Frost’s Broadway debut as he plays Jackson with a high, whispery voice, a Lady Diana-like coquettishness and a fierce embrace of Jackson’s iconic dancing and singing style.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
Mary Bevan relied on cute bits instead of phrasing to convey Atalanta’s coquettishness but connected in the character’s wounded moments.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
Potter’s Merteuil retains a rigid chilliness, underplaying the coquettishness and false propriety that are also the Marquise’s stock in trade.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2016
Grande threads melisma and coquettishness throughout like twine to hold her disparate eras together.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2014
Add to that, vanity and coquettishness and there’s no question about it: she’s a thoroughly despicable person.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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