coquettish

Example Sentences

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Patrons laughed at a corny but cute puppet show starring Casa Bonita’s dishes, from a chirpy hard-shelled taco to a coquettish sopaipilla.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 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

I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë