peacocky

Example Sentences

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“They’re both at their most peacocky and glamorous when they fall in love, and they grow together as a couple,” the costume designer adds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

It was fun to put them in the book in their peacocky '70s incarnation where they really were the brightest stars in journalism.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023

Jimmy is hungry and hustling; Saul, preening and peacocky; Gene, beaten and bitter.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

I disliked their peacocky sheen and illegible surfaces.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

I'd gladly wear all your cuts and bruises if I could do anything that would make my father look as peacocky as yours did.

From Freckles by Stratton-Porter, Gene