groom
Example Sentences
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She says the room is filled with the good juju of champions her grandfather groomed there when this was his house.
With the 81-year-old president winning a seventh term, analysts say this is likely to be his last term and he is grooming his 51-year-son to succeed him.
From BBC
Her jealousy is delicious when Skarsgård’s strapping wooden groom makes the other men look small, telling Colman that she’s “the reason I live and breathe.”
From Los Angeles Times
She grinned at him—her eyes tipped up at the corners when she smiled—and began grooming the griffin’s wings, who objected with both sets of claws.
From Literature
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It was once the groom’s cottage, but Dilly has set up shop here.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.