Words similar to preening

Example sentences for: preening

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

The actor sends up his own preening aloofness, and he has never been more emotionally exposed than when it dawns on him that his smug façade has been literally penetrated.
The rest of the time he's a preening cock, fond of quoting (without irony) a rapturous critic: "I'm meee -rac-ulous."
Nor is Washington charmed by the preening quirkiness of the tech culture.
The right thinks Beatty is a ridiculous, preening glory hound who would preach limousine-liberal ideas.
Chatty doesn't have to mean writers should be allowed to make fools of themselves through excessive preening.