prim

Example Sentences

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Everything is prim, but the picture’s mood is as weirdly glum as it is exuberant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

A portrait of a prim young lady in bright brushstrokes was being sold for $5,190.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023

Feinstein, always prim and proper, at times seemed an odd icon of the leftist city.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Don’t let them tell you what’s prim & proper.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan