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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.
Nor is Washington charmed by the preening quirkiness of the tech culture.
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.
With Donald Trump preening and Jesse Ventura backpedaling, the Reform Party is enjoying its widest media exposure since Ross Perot's '92 run.
This being the Sopranos, however, which lets the moss of goodness gather on no one, Carmela can also be a self-deluded, preening, Italian JAP.