Specific behavior of an organism relating to grooming, cleaning and brushing to remove dirt and parasites.
Maintenance behaviour of birds.
1 Sometimes asking a question is less about curiosity and more about preening .
2 The others are dim, feeble little things preening themselves in reflected glory.
3 Robyn is in the bathroom, preening , cooling down from our fight earlier.
4 Emma's sisters couldn't stop themselves from preening a bit as he passed.
5 Bobbie sat down at the risk of spoiling some of her preening .
6 The regiment fluttered like a bird preening its plumage and became motionless.
7 Two birds stayed behind, preening themselves, floating with claws curled on nothing.
8 Tlitoo landed in front of me, and immediately began preening his wings.
9 The slaves chattered like a flock of birds, preening under her attention.
10 She blossomed under their attention, like a flower preening in the sunshine.
11 She snarled up into the trees where Tlitoo stood preening his wings.
12 Tlitoo was busily preening his wing feathers and didn't look at me.
13 In the center of the pond the decoys were swimming and preening .
14 She dresses up as a sad shark and he's a preening eagle.
15 Abby rolled her eyes, although inwardly she did a bit of preening .
16 A Norman knight lives only for hunting and whoring, preening and warring.
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Preening в диалектах
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