coquetting

Example Sentences

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The conjurer twists first one, then two, butterflies out of a bit of white paper, and, by means of a fan, causes them to fly and poise as if they were coquetting with July breezes.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

His associate officers loitered through the listless days, coquetting with the pretty wife of the barber, smoking cigars in the shop, and listening to the petty gossip of the place.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

Yes, by dividing cord wood into stove lengths, toying with the spade, coquetting with big bundles of grain.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

But they finally went away, and later in the season the wrens appeared, and after a little coquetting, were regularly installed in their old quarters and were as happy as only wrens can be.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

She was more like herself now, laughing softly and coquetting with the hole in the cave.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth