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Example sentences for: preening

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The Dole and Clinton campaigns, having blessedly dumped the usual panel of preening journalists, selected Lehrer as sole moderator for a reason.
Chatty doesn't have to mean writers should be allowed to make fools of themselves through excessive preening.
A preening Italian-American sports agent (Al Palagonia) declares that he has no mob ties and that he resents being stereotyped, shortly before delivering a stereotypical (and very funny, Scorsese-esque) recitation of the luxuries (Ferraris, Rolexes, mansions) that await Jesus if he signs on the dotted line.
Nor is Washington charmed by the preening quirkiness of the tech culture.
These idiots can never measure up to the city's most superheroic crime fighter, Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear), a preening egotist who soars around on a jet pack trashing supervillains, his uniform emblazoned with product placements.