primp
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Contestants primp and pose for what they think will be selfies, never suspecting that to those running the game, they’re just a face and a number.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024
Q: I see other celebrities on Instagram and they'll primp themselves and be all done up.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021
Pardew was hired with a brief to unlock the talents of some ambitious signings, relax his players, primp the brand.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2018
The ladies smiled and pretended to primp their hair, like Betty Boops of the Regency.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2018
Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
That’s a lot of what hairstylist Kayla Gowell hears as she snips, sprays, primps and blow-dries.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Grant's Sir Walter Elliot vainly primps in sheer delight, but doesn't have screen time to save everyone in this story.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022
Sally primps before the mirror, though I do not.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2014
Stage Note: Quinn applies Telescopic Explosion Mascara and primps in front of the mirror.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 14, 2010
A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
While that character, Fleur, primped and preened for an imagined camera as if on a livestream, she bragged about her “social media fluency” on an address to a “royal hiring academy.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
As stylist Jonny Levi, a family friend, primped Marlies post-surgery at her home in Magnolia, blond was suggested for Frei, who wanted to do something.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
A giant schnauzer is meticulously primped and primed on a grooming table while a half-submerged Newfoundland is scrubbed in an elevated bathtub.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019
The real stars of the show were busy getting primped in an adjacent grooming hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
Mrs. Ogletree even primped her boy Georgie, whom she’d gadded up in a green velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The film begins on an exultant note, with a bravura traveling shot following Alana down a line of junior high-schoolers waiting to have their yearbook photographs taken, offering a mirror for last-minute primping.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
But several others, including the United Airlines and Fourth and Vine buildings, are there for the primping in the Regrade.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Yet clipping is a far more clearcut action than "primping."
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021
And no primping, because the only mirror we have in the house is my faux-ivory hand mirror brought from home, which we all have to share.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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