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

You might almost as well coquet with a minister of the holy Gospel as with him you have selected to try your fascinations on.

From A Romantic Young Lady by Grant, Robert

If she really loved him, would she coquet with him like this—would she so pretend?

From The Hoyden by Duchess

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

"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