priss

Example Sentences

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Amina keeps her musical activities a secret from her devout school friends, forcing the already nervous priss into a double life.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

But whatever calculations had gone into the match of a priss and a perfectionist were now deconstructed.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2016

If I decline to eat one, I am a calorie-phobic priss who's terrified of displaying weakness in public.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2013

Sure, you could point out at length that Swift is being a bit of a sour-faced priss here, but there's no win for women in ripping chunks out of other women.

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013

Surely, it must kill old priss face to have to put rave notices—“Excellent” “Good, clear thinking” “Nice Work”— on the papers of someone who so obviously disliked her.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson