flirt with
Example Sentences
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Milkmaids flirt with a farmer and a wagon-driver.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Many of those companies would flirt with losing money if competition from AI materializes, and a few might ultimately file for bankruptcy.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Sometimes politicians of all parties flirt with the possibility of one day becoming leader in suggestive, coy, almost deniable ways.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
I’m serious: He would constantly flirt with other women while we were dating, constantly compare me to his exes.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. van Daan and tell you that her attempts to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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