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

And Burns nearly steals the second act in her brief solo, “Memory,” a coquettish dream of past flames.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

"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

“Well, of course, our readers would be profoundly interested . . .” He put his head on one side, his smile became almost coquettish.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley