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
So until it gets fleshed out, they borrow from the boys and primp it up just a little.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019
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
"Tonight is the first day of the rest of my life," the man says as he primps expectantly.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
Dusting her cheeks with powder as she primps before the mirror, Claire demands her dress and her jewels while hurling steaming streams of scornful abuse at her sister — whom she refers to as Claire.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012
Stage Note: Quinn applies Telescopic Explosion Mascara and primps in front of the mirror.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 14, 2010
“Well”—the Doctorita shrugs—“either way, she’s definitely becoming a teenager, the way she primps in front of a mirror for an hour before she goes out. Even to buy a bag of eggs!”
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
“You don’t even have to get up and get dressed and get yourself all primped up. You just put on your headset. I’m legit in pajamas right now.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
With the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for Daniel the popular golden retriever, judge Bob Slay instead picked the perfectly primped and poised black poodle Tuesday night.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
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
Rather than any of the 57 goldens entered this year, the best in show bowl is more likely to wind up with a wired wire fox terrier or a perfectly primped poodle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
Even though I've been dressed and measured and primped so many times, I still hate the feeling in these moments that my body doesn't belong to me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
Wasabi’s life is much the same as it ever was, a nonstop schedule of sleeping, eating, primping, romping and reclining.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Yet clipping is a far more clearcut action than "primping."
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021
Even before wrapping up the most glamorous season of the year, workers say that business is down by as much as two-thirds, while the regulars primping themselves with scrubs or treatments have virtually disappeared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
But I’d decided that Easter was a good time for such primping.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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