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Contestants primp and pose for what they think will be selfies, never suspecting that to those running the game, they’re just a face and a number.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024

Welcome to the 2022 Groom Expo West and its centerpiece event, the Andis Creative Styling Competition, where skilled groomers compete live to primp out their poodles into fantastical works of art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

So until it gets fleshed out, they borrow from the boys and primp it up just a little.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019

Pardew was hired with a brief to unlock the talents of some ambitious signings, relax his players, primp the brand.

From The Guardian ● May 12, 2018

Not to primp, comb his hair, shave, or to practice sneering.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

That’s a lot of what hairstylist Kayla Gowell hears as she snips, sprays, primps and blow-dries.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Grant's Sir Walter Elliot vainly primps in sheer delight, but doesn't have screen time to save everyone in this story.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022

Sally primps before the mirror, though I do not.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2014

Stage Note: Quinn applies Telescopic Explosion Mascara and primps in front of the mirror.

From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 14, 2010

A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

With the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for Daniel the popular golden retriever, judge Bob Slay instead picked the perfectly primped and poised black poodle Tuesday night.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020

“You can’t wear your hair down in a sequin dress,” a voice echoed through a corridor backstage, while fixtures of New York’s ballroom scene primped and prepared.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

A giant schnauzer is meticulously primped and primed on a grooming table while a half-submerged Newfoundland is scrubbed in an elevated bathtub.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019

Rather than any of the 57 goldens entered this year, the best in show bowl is more likely to wind up with a wired wire fox terrier or a perfectly primped poodle.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2019

Even though I've been dressed and measured and primped so many times, I still hate the feeling in these moments that my body doesn't belong to me.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Wasabi’s life is much the same as it ever was, a nonstop schedule of sleeping, eating, primping, romping and reclining.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

Yet clipping is a far more clearcut action than "primping."

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021

Even before wrapping up the most glamorous season of the year, workers say that business is down by as much as two-thirds, while the regulars primping themselves with scrubs or treatments have virtually disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2021

And no primping, because the only mirror we have in the house is my faux-ivory hand mirror brought from home, which we all have to share.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver