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Example sentences for: preen

How can you use “preen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In open glades, peacocks preen, and shy, tiny barking deer, no taller than the peacocks, race away at an intruder’s approach.
But my real gratitude is for what Yates' example teaches: that politicians aren't required to preen and pander or to speak only for the parochial interests of their districts.
The New York Times ' Janet Maslin says the film works precisely because it is derivative--its stars, Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise, emulate the characters in The Usual Suspects , which gives them "extraordinary opportunities to preen."
The boys, wearing false moustaches, try to impress the girls as they strut and preen like fighting roosters.