coquettish

Example Sentences

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More damagingly, it doesn’t seem as if Hnath’s Nora has evolved all that much from the skittishly coquettish wife of Ibsen’s play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

Shy, bold, coquettish or mocking, a woman’s smile is richly signifying, something that Wilde, an actress turned director, certainly knows.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

"I think I'm camp rather than coquettish," she counters.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2021

The current season presents Diana, played by Emma Corrin, as young and coquettish.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

We bobbed our hair and wore cloche hats at coquettish angles and tried to sound like Gloria Swanson.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García