Dress or groom with elaborate care.
Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.
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Examples for "dress "
Examples for "dress "
1 This was a beautiful dress , great price and good quality, one wrote.
2 On good days he's able to feed himself, but cannot dress himself.
3 She went to Bullock's, bought a 'new dress , new hat, new shoes.
4 America has certainly reached its egalitarian summit as far as dress goes.
5 In India, specially in June, they are not particular about the dress .
1 However, there is still debate about whether the inferred plume actually exists.
2 The breeze catches the plume in his hat and flutters it smartly.
3 In the distance, a plume of dust was billowing off the road.
4 The Captain had a sword and a white plume in his shako.
5 From somewhere in the city a black plume of smoke was rising.
1 Even in his primp he would have struggled to pull this off.
2 Renée would primp for the shows, sew herself a new skirt.
3 Why I thought when folks got married they did not primp at all.
4 I straighten up and primp my hair for our march down the aisle.
5 I'd never seen a guy primp so much in my life.
1 Even wild kakapos are known to approach, climb on, and preen people.
2 Carefully, he began to preen , pulling out some feathers and smoothing others.
3 He said you'd pine and you'd preen , and how very right he was.
4 There were many store-windows to preen before, as in a mirror.
5 Birds came there to drink and bathe and preen and dress their feathers.
6 What's more, you get the caress and preen of high-class service.
7 At this age redstart nestlings preen vigorously and fly short distances.
8 Some of them do nothing all day but preen their feathers.
9 The two resident ducks preen by the pond beyond the restaurant's deep window.
10 No longer did she preen herself, as had been her wont.
11 That's why it's stupid to preen oneself for having transcended morality.
12 Some immortals would always primp and preen for the media, and some simply wouldn't.
13 They also end up ingesting the oil when they preen , damaging their digestive tracts.
14 His feathers shuddered visibly; he could no longer preen himself.
15 Maria took Powell's hand dazedly, mechanically beginning to preen herself.
16 The monitor fizzled out, and a preen light on the missiles console winked red.
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