coquetting

Example Sentences

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He must have been couching somewhere, the funny old rogue, behind the Pole; he must have been coquetting with the beauties of Greenland or Nova Zembla.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

Remember, no vagaries, no irregularities, no coquetting with the ‘one time that never hurts one.’

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange

They were all there, dowager, matron, d�butante, old beaux, young gallant, dancing, laughing, coquetting, flirting.

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

But the economical, hygienic and domestic reasons were all against the journey; so a few days ago I ceased coquetting with the idea of it, and have finally given it up.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Will they be outweighed by the preservation of one's self-respect, and is not this, after all, a matter of opinion?--is it not a sort of coquetting with one's self?

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von