coquet

Example Sentences

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A: I'm afraid I was a bit of a coquet in my youth, but now that I'm a grandmother with an 18-year-old granddaughter, I'm simplifying what I wear.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2010

"The second is richer, but your choice c'est plus coquet."

From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

If you are so inclined, you play low, and coquet with fortune, or if lavishly given, you throw the reins loose and go free.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

“Peter ywotisk, Peter kekoosh, moyout win coquet talenque.”

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon

In Prussia it has been the habit, from time immemorial, for the heir to the throne to coquet with the Liberals, and to be supposed to entertain progressive opinions.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry