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"preen" Definitions
  1. [transitive, intransitive] preen (yourself) (usually disapproving) to spend a lot of time making yourself look attractive and then admiring your appearance
  2. [transitive] preen yourself (on something) (usually disapproving) to feel very pleased with yourself about something and show other people how pleased you are
  3. [intransitive, transitive] preen (itself) (of a bird) to clean itself or make its feathers smooth with its beak

140 Sentences With "preen"

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They might preen and poke the air with their index finger.
But they sure could preen during the State of the Union.
If you eliminate the E.T., you wind up with the entry PREEN.
They twist and preen, they scratch their heads, they march in unison.
In complying with that final edict, Foles does not strut or preen.
They are dramatic, they preen, they get depressed, they fall in love.
So did smaller labels, like House of Holland and Preen by Thornton Bregazzi.
When figures preen, you feel that they've just added inches to their height.
Stephen Curry, Mr. Shimmy himself, was preen-ready but not hitting his jumper.
Obama wore Preen — one of her favorite labels — to a 2012 press conference.
The Preen red dress that Kate broke out for a dinner at Government House.
Blurred, worn-in lipstick was everywhere, from Preen to Topshop and everything in between.
Kate stunned in a gorgeous off-the-shoulder red gown by British designer Preen.
Rosie Assoulin at NYFW and Preen by Thornton Bregazzi during London Fashion Week — both ahead.
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova in an embellished mini dress by Preen by Thornton Bregazzi.
We recently saw a high-fashion pair-up with Ugg on the Preen runway, too.
Or did we at some point reach a point of celebrating only players who preen?
Or do as they did at Preen and tie it loosely for an effortless feel.
Over mechanical house beats and that trampolining bass line, Dev and the Cataracs strut and preen.
Hermarratanarapong turned me from watching her friends preen to face a large cabinet with glass doors.
It was late afternoon when Kate Beckinsale put on these Preen by Thorton Bregazzi circle frames.
Through teamwork and constant chemical communication, microorganisms shape the world on which we macro-organisms preen.
What lovely work "titivate" — "to preen" — does there, with its light aura of fussiness and futility.
They don't gloat and preen and rest on their laurels and brag about their past successes.
At Preen, a red trench was worn slightly open for a look that was loose and free.
I wasn't sure whether I should, say, clue both PRETEEN and PREEN or just one of the two.
Wouldn't you think Trump would be a little bit embarrassed to preen over the backing of another … heir?
"I was watching him totally become another human being," Ms. Howard said, svelte in a velvet Preen dress.
Participating venues are Imprint Projects, Chungking Studio, Poetic Research Bureau, Lisa Derrick Fine Arts, Automata Arts, Preen Inc.
Two of Kate Middleton's go-to brands, L.K. Bennett and Preen are teaming up for one royal major collaboration.
Keeping with the jumpsuit theme, Porter wore a color-blocking black and white jumpsuit to Preen by Thornton Bregazzi.
Meanwhile, Kate chose a sleeveless red Preen gown, which she first wore in 2016 on her royal tour of Canada.
For players at the top of the professional basketball food chain, just showing up has become an opportunity to preen.
Preen designers Justin Thornton and his partner, Thea Bregazzi, have a home in Walberswick, Suffolk, where Mackintosh spent some time.
Strut in ruffles, squeeze in black leather, preen his naked midriff, shake his naked ass out of a yellow jumpsuit.
Do not preen about your victory but remember the tens of millions of citizens who did not vote for you.
These are creatures who preen over the latest fashion, worry about their looks, and laugh endlessly at their own hilarity.
It is a chance for Republican members of the House to preen and posture before their most radical, conspiracy-minded constituents.
It's an ideal canvas for Wildfern to preen like few other rappers can, even when he's mixing up his shoe brands.
As Teen Vogue reported, at the Preen By Thornton Bregazzi show at LFW, Val Garland used fake flowers as facial accessories.
I ultimately decided to clue only PREEN so as to get the idea of SPACE INVADERS across as cleanly as possible.
Their popularity isn't set to wane either; their presence notable in several recent AW20 shows including Burberry, The Row, and Preen.
The birds sway together and gently preen each other's feathers, an act of pair-bonding that helps them prepare for breeding.
Preen designer duo Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi used floral prints for their spring/summer 2019 dresses, which came in various styles.
Beier found that, just like our glands produce oil, ducks' preen glands (located at the base of the tail) do the same.
Man Eating Food feels like a remnant of old YouTube, before creators learned to preen, polish, and grapple with YouTube's impossible algorithm.
"Bushes were to win, but not brag; succeed, but not preen," Jon Meacham writes in his recent biography of the 41st president.
Mr. Trump saw Masvidal, a supporter of his, prance and preen as he landed a succession of punches and kicks on Diaz.
"I think the Preen dress she wore is the best dress she's ever worn, apart from her wedding dress," Ms. Mower said.
As a player, Ewing was never the type to pontificate or preen, to dwell on much more than the moment at hand.
No rest for the wicked when it comes to the fashion world, so Sunday starts sharply with the Preen show at 9 a.m.
The royal mom breezed through the 300-person ballroom in a gorgeous off-the-shoulder deep red satin gown by British designer Preen.
Indeed, models at the Preen by Thornton Bregazzi Spring Summer 2017 show in London rocked pressed flowers on their faces, necks and chests.
Look to Preen by Thornton Bregazzi for Sesame Street-esque primary colours, while Shrimps continues to provide playful patterns for our inner child.
Two years later, these same girls preen at Rockaway Beach, light each other's cigarettes, and recline languorously against cars parked on the street.
Cher, our lady of the sunshine plaids and a take-charge kind of gal, has commandeered a New York stage to preen on.
It was veteran makeup artist Val Garland who created the look, which stole the show at Preen by Thornton Bregazzi during London Fashion Week.
When she was growing up her favorite comic was Eddie Murphy and, like him, she isn't afraid to swagger, preen or grab her crotch.
They still view briefings as a favor to reporters (whom they hate), giving them a chance to preen on national television, asking snarky questions.
These high-profile televised events bring out the worst in lawmakers, who cannot resist the opportunity to preen and try to score political points.
One was in 2006 with Julien Macdonald, who worked for Chanel and Givenchy as well as his own label, and one in 2010, with Preen.
There was also a voluminous shoulders trend - puffed up at Preen or pointy at Julien Macdonald, who dressed models in sparkling dresses slashed all over.
I will say that they both think they look fabulous, and it's so great to watch them primp and preen and look at their bodies.
Just look at the recent shows of Marc Jacobs, Erdem, Burberry, Preen, and Vetements, which all showed long-length dresses in moody, nearly sinister patterns.
Her arms often move with the powerful shapes of swan wings; her feet flutter like wingtips; now and then, her head and neck preen, swannishly.
Remember when all athletes were "me me me" guys and just wanted to collect a check and preen and didn't care if they won or lost?
But before hitting the red carpet, she's giving fans a sneak peek of her first look: a long-sleeve, floral-print Preen By Thornton Bregazzi design.
According to Martin, the kids aren't just status symbols but an opportunity for mothers to preen in front of one another and forge their own identities.
Each one will be groomed and pampered, allowed a few snacks and even a nap or two, and then poked and prodded and allowed to preen.
At Preen by Thornton Bregazzi (left), the designers Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi showed a tulle and silk dress layered over a pair of sequin hot pants.
Cantilevered over the F.D.R. Drive, the quadruplex apartment has few walls inside; instead, variable floor heights produce 27 interior levels that encourage visitors to preen and goggle.
Like a fading matinee idol, Trump had an embarrassing tendency to preen, particularly once his musings turned to politics, around the run-up to the 2012 election.
As I lay on my lounge chair watching the egrets preen on the sandbar at low tide, oblivious to my voyeurism, I felt the first tinges of surrender.
Watching the kids of Stranger Things preen for the camera at this year's MTV Movies & TV Awards, I understand, finally, how my mother must've felt watching me at prom.
After partnerships with Jimmy Choo, Teva, and Preen, the California-based brand has teamed up with 3.1 Phillip Lim to debut a men's footwear collection, and it's pretty legit.
Dressed in a black cocktail dress by Preen, it came a few hours after she spent an afternoon with children from a school that partners with the charity, Place2Be.
"Well, the bullies can gloat and preen that they chased the skinny kids off the block," said Leon Rodriguez, a former Obama administration director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Now, Ronaldo will preen and peacock his way into the final at the Stade de France, and we'll have to find someone else to serve as a convenient individual nemesis.
Acrobats, trapeze artists, lion tamers and circus animals preen across the five large display windows beneath a red-and-white striped big top that calls to mind the American flag.
Flip open any women's magazine, or log on to certain websites, and you'll see all sorts of guides detailing how women "should" primp and preen themselves to catch a man.
Indeed, the Group of 7 was just the kind of forum a bully like Mr. Trump cannot abide, not out of geopolitical considerations, but because he cannot dominate and preen.
The Manhattan-based publicist regularly jets off to the City of Lights for press launches and fashion shows on behalf of high-profile clients such as Preen and Comptoir des Cotonniers.
The Huskies won in style, by playing fast, free, and together; they were a family affair that stayed defiantly local; and for all their playing to the crowd, they didn't preen.
A historic breakthrough with North Korea also offers Trump an opportunity to gloat over former President Barack Obama, to preen on the world stage, and to earn the respect he craves.
When not hunting (snakes, frogs and voles hang from their beaks), they preen adorably, peer from nest holes in the trunks of trees or plunge through snow in pursuit of prey.
The sun-saturated yellow of the boardwalk and sandy beach behind set the stage upon which the figures prance, preen, stretch, and bend into momentary poses, creating a feeling of temporality.
" Vogue Runway director Nicole Phelps piled on: "It's not just sad for the women who preen for the cameras in borrowed clothes, it's distressing, as well, to watch so many brands participate.
While teens across the country preen and primp for this spring's crop of high school dances, there's a group of adults in Washington, D.C., doing the same – with no punch-spiking necessary.
The plan is to have both events occur on the field of MetLife Stadium concurrently, but should either player preen too hard, or shove too egregiously, he may be asked to leave.
Eugene Souleiman took yet a different approach at Preen, wrapping small sections of hair in string, creating a crisscross pattern that resembled a braid but was more bohemian than the real thing.
Before the Crocs had their unexpected LFW cameo, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi featured another surprising pair-up, working with Ugg to create what appear to be the most comfortable flatforms known to mankind.
Anvaripour has extensive experience in the fashion industry, having worked with designers, including Roland Mouret and PREEN, before moving into senior positions with luxury lingerie brands like Madame V and Letters of Marque.
Thanks to designers like Sacai, Preen, Paco Rabanne, and others, what was once considered frilly (see also: dainty or feeble) is now devoid of any weakness, concealed by heavier matter, or is genderless.
As an elected public servant I am livid that Milwaukee's pathetic, kowtowing city officials and aldermen take this opportunity to abandon their citizens and preen before the Black Lives Matter-enabling media. ADVERTISEMENTgoogletag.cmd.
The actress wore her interpretation of the Preen By Thorton Bregazzi dress during a press event for This Is Us, while the Duchess wore hers during a Royal Tour of Canada last year.
While these two fickle leaders preen and fawn over each other, unnerving the rest of the world with their coy dance around nuclear disarmament, my concerns will be compounded by their familiar surroundings.
According to Thornton, "the village is full of his sketches and there are wonderful references to his time," and Preen brought that inspiration to life with L.K. Bennett's first ready-to-wear collaboration ever.
And while everyone in Washington will preen about how they "will do whatever it takes to support our brave men and women in uniform," politics—budget politics, in particular—might get in the way.
And so we could call this exhibition a battle of the swaggerers, the pomp of a very eclectic brand of Viennese historicism facing off against the theatrical push and preen of two great Italians.
Also at the NYC premiere were McConaughey's costars Corey Stoll, Stephen Gaghan, Edgar Ramírez and Bryce Dallas Howard, who wore a black strapless dress from Preen by Thornton Bregazzi's Fall 2016 ready-to-wear collection.
It became less music to fuck to and more music to preen and posture to—the soundtrack for sessions spent perfecting quiffs in hotel mirrors, to be played through bluetooth speakers while discussing thigh gaps.
But this was actually the actress's second couture look at Cannes, kicking things off in an "Esmerelda" inspired wrap-around gown from Preen by Thornton Bregazzi with cold shoulders and rhinestone detailing across the neckline.
Contrary to what Trump supporters want us to believe, the people hurt most by the lack of daily briefings are not White House reporters, who don't get their chance to preen on camera every day.
LONDON (Reuters) - Fashionistas can expect soft feminine looks for their wardrobes next spring, with labels Preen by Thornton Bregazzi and Roland Mouret showing plenty of ruffles and lace at their London Fashion Week shows on Sunday.
And if you're not fully sold on wearing the color from head-to-toe, start with a reworked classic white button-up, reimagined by the likes of Victoria Beckham, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, and Adam Selman.
She dazzled in a gorgeous off-the-shoulder deep red satin gown by British designer Preen (paired with Queen Elizabeth's diamond maple leaf brooch!) at a glamorous reception at the Government House in Victoria on Monday.
Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images Obama looked like a monochromatic muse in a black and white geometric patterned short sleeve dress from Preen By Thornton Bregazzi as she boarded Air Force One at Torrejon airbase in Madrid.
That might work for India's middle and upper classes, who can hunker down in their condos and houses, preen their terrace gardens, eat from their well-stocked pantries and even work from home, using modern technology.
Few places can match the high-speed pressure cooker of a college basketball arena, where the abuse comes from well-paid college coaches who scream and shout and preen, and from fans who follow their lead.
The anal-waxing shot, for example, flies by in a video called "The Sexy Getting Ready Song," a sultry R&B number in which MTV-style backup singers pout and preen with bleach on their upper lips.
It isn't uncommon for companies to preen their operations and costs to get into shape ahead of a possible round — TrueCaller in Europe seemed to do that recently — but E27 did not comment on its funding plans.
That might work for the country's middle and upper classes, who can hunker down in their condos and houses, preen their terrace gardens, eat from their well-stocked pantries and even work from home, using modern technology.
Ms. Cooper was clearly not eager to preen — although there are some delicious archival materials on the gallery's website — and she has kept up regular programming at her two other Chelsea locations rather than mount a hagiographic blowout.
While he uses the public square to preen and retaliate at every available opportunity, Clinton's metered approach to public appearance now consistently inspires a level of widespread fascination, if not hope and resilience—even if those aren't her intentions.
To the extent this self-serving preen has prompted a predictable presidential tirade and internal investigation, the author also has betrayed the selfless, patriotic administration officials who, every day, work diligently to govern and to pursue America's best interests.
This choice embodies a hard truth about members of Congress: They are politically-elected officials with as much an interest in using their limited time in the spotlight to preen for constituents back home, as in actually questioning witnesses.
Kate, who styled her new short 'do in loose curls, wore a pale blue Preen dress by designer Thornton Bregazzi and sky-high Prada sandals with wavy straps that she first wore during her royal tour of India last year.
For perhaps the first time in memory, the fashion-forward Instagram kooks who preen for the cameras outside the shows are dressed the same as an unwittingly hip dad-bod commuter riding the 5:51 from Penn Station to Babylon.
Brace yourself for more facile debates when the most we can learn about a candidate's merit is the ability to remember and deliver a poll-tested sound bite and how well a media celebrity can preen for a national audience.
Dude grackles and lady grackles tend not to hang out much—except during mating season, when the males put on one of North American avian life's most amusing displays: They strut, preen, hulk, skulk, and bunch up their feathers to look more buff.
After all, if there's one place on Earth that can predict which intoxicants are going to be cool in the coming years, it's Indio in mid-April when the youth of the world gather to pose and preen and get fucked up.
Yet the summit between America and North Korea in Singapore on June 653th may prove an exception: a negotiation that could conceivably allow not only the two main protagonists to preen and claim victory, but that might also please several interested observers.
While Senate Democrats preen for the cameras by demanding that the Senate spend its canceled August recess debating health care, the Trump administration has been hard at work implementing significant systemic changes to deliver more health coverage to workers at better prices.
There's this one with Vice President Mike Pence: And this now-legendary grip and tug with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch: Trump expanded his repertoire during his trip abroad -- most notably with this shove-and-preen at the expense of the Prime Minister of Montenegro.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Owls fluff up their feathers and preen beneath the stroking fingers of customers at Owl Village, one of many cafes dedicated to the birds, seen as a symbol of good luck in Japan, that have sprung up amid a boom in animal cafes.
The Super Bowl's coming up this weekend, after all, and even if you can't bear to watch Eagles soar and Patriots preen, the occasion will still be a good one to cook and eat big: fried chicken, maybe; chili, always; loaded nachos, just because.
First Ugg partnered up with Preen by Thornton Bregazzi to craft some very out of character platform slip-ons, and now it appears that Versace has taken inspiration from your favorite pair of summer camp sandals re-creating the shoes in heavily bedazzled and branded iterations.
Standing next to a bleary-eyed Bonobo in line at the breakfast buffet while a mariachi band plays behind you is certainly surreal, even more so when you see him again a few minutes later, admiring the resort's pet flamingos as they preen in the shade.
Back home, church was many things for the people I knew—a place to meet friends or show off a new dress or preen like a big shot if you were a deacon or an elder, as well as a sanctuary in which to worship God.
The actress — who arrived in France on Monday, hiding her baby bump with a white trench coat — poses in the pic as she gets ready for her outing, wearing a Preen maxi dress, which merely hints at a baby bump, but shows off her shoulders by way of cutouts.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads COPENHAGEN — Twenty or so doves preen, coo, and flap their wings above the heads of visitors exploring the final chamber of the Cisternerne, a converted 19th-century water reservoir that sat empty for more than 60 years before arts programming began in 1996.
Designer Shonagh Speirs, formerly of Roland Mouret and Preen, has developed a capsule collection of interchangeable activewear, draped dresses, and soft-tailoring pieces inspired by traditional Asian dress codes that she promises will fill the gap between fitness-orientated athleisure and womenswear designed for business or social events.
"Its sharp teeth probably would have assisted in holding onto slippery marine prey, while the incipient beak at the tips of its jaws probably would have allowed it to manipulate objects with fine dexterity such as modern birds can do, and preen its feathers," University of Bath paleontologist Daniel Field said.
At Preen, the '70s film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Don't Look Now was the collection's inspiration, and while flashes of the film's haunting red symbolism were seen throughout, it was the Donald Sutherland-esque suiting that we loved the most: think dagger collars and oversized lapels on suave three-piece get-ups.
" Goelman, when asked by Cuomo why he did not respond with an "automatic yes," replied, "Because we have come to the conclusion, forced to come to the conclusion, that this is not a search for truth, it is a chance for Republican members of the House to preen and posture before their most radical, conspiracy-minded constituents.
Mr. Ford shot to fame on his ability to walk the fine line between self-serious, unabashed ambition and a willingness to mock himself for it; his clothes gave his consumers permission to strive and preen and roll their eyes at the same time, so they were not just in on the joke, but controlling it.
And while "Thieves Ave." will try to muster a takeaway from the Seahawks (the only opponent from whom the Panthers did not have one this season), while Newton will continue to dance and preen after scoring touchdowns, and while Norman will jabber with opponents all game long, Kuechly will do what he always has, too: quietly and steadily lead the defense.
After rocketing to stardom with his performance at the 2015 CMA Awards with Justin Timberlake, Chris Stapleton quickly became one of country music's most celebrated voices — and with a double platinum album under his belt, the burly star would have every right to boast and preen in front of a Nashville industry crowd gathered last night for a first listen of his latest musical effort.
Without the influx of cash that they would have previously brought, the city has moved away from eye-wateringly expensive, 2000s-era Paris Hilton-style VVIP bottle service clubs and Oriental-style shisha bars and toward a more casual, less expensive, more street-oriented vibe catering to tourists from the West—who would prefer to spend their Thursday night standing on the street listening to Arabic hip-hop than preen in Versace at a rooftop club.
It's been the better part of four decades since we first moved back to Pakistan, and in that time I've lived all over the place and worn a suit to work in Manhattan and ridden the tube to work in London and lost my hair like my dad and married and had two kids, and now I live next door to my parents in Lahore, and when my kids come home from school I'm the one who sits with them and watches cartoons on TV. My wife works and I write, so my days are spent in the house, and I get to go hunting for butterflies with my kids and watch the kites build and rebuild their nest in a tree on the back lawn and preen on the water-overflow pipe on our roof like the symbols adorning some proud nation's currency.

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