The primping alone took more than an hour. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : The photographer waited while we primped. From Dictionary.com.
So all your posturing and primping is based on your own imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise] Reference
If this is first grade, I am afraid to see what kind of primping obsessions middle school will bring. From Wordnik.com. [venti anni fa] Reference
But "primping" is, literally, the act of degrossifying yourself. From Wordnik.com. [NOGOODFORME.COM] Reference
There was a lot of seat hopping, a little primping. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2006] Reference
Also and further much primping in the dressing-room. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
"But you shouldn't have spent so much time primping.". From Wordnik.com. [Mercadian Masques]
Chapter Six: OPAL Hagop stared as I finished primping. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
NGUYEN: Well, I'm sure that you've been primping the tree. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006] Reference
She looked real sweet, you know, primping herself that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference
And they were primping because they wanted to look really nice. From Wordnik.com. [Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution] Reference
The trend, treating your pooch like a person in need of primping. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2003] Reference
Politics and primping go hand in hand in this Staten Island salon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008] Reference
Then there is the sheer silliness of these self-primping poltroons. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Hoggart's week: Creepy and silly, but Mandelson is never boring] Reference
How long must they spend combing and primping beneath a servant's care?. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
SAVIDGE: And they are primping and polishing their best duds this morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 29, 2004] Reference
Tiel consulted her compact mirror, but she snapped it shut without primping. From Wordnik.com. [Standoff]
I think they were just talking and primping, doing what girls do, combing hair. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference
Anyone, anyone who goes on TV either primps themself or has someone primping them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 16, 2007] Reference
And who are these alleged fat cats, partying and primping while the market crashes?. From Wordnik.com. [Yvette Kantrow: CNN Gone Wrong: At Least Demonize the Right Wall Streeters] Reference
It's possible that all this male over-primping might actually be costing guys jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Garver: Metrosexual, Schmetrosexual] Reference
Two makeup specialists hovered like gnats, poking and primping at his face and hair. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Two soldiers were primping at stools down from her, getting ready to make the big move. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Brannon took a deep breath and glanced over at Lynn, still primping in the tiny mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Choice]
By the time he finishes primping and getting dressed, he's two hours late for the interview. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Garver: Metrosexual, Schmetrosexual] Reference
His utterance promptly ceased, together with his abominable activities and primping in the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
I mean you and I don't need it, thankfully, but a lot of people want a little bit of extra primping. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2008] Reference
Kohn calls the process of primping for Harvard "Preparation H," with all the discomfort that implies. From Wordnik.com. [The Rat Race Begins At 14] Reference
Take a look at some of these pictures we got of some of the various primping that was going on there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2007] Reference
Well, could you be the next supermodel with endless primping, plucking and the right computer program?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2006] Reference
These days well-traveled visitors have begun to absorb its allure -- rough old Maremma has been primping up. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Tuscany] Reference
RAO: Beijing has spent seven years primping and preening this city to make sure it's perfect for the Olympics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
Nigella Lawson's recipes may be delicious, but her pouting and primping has put her cookbooks on the banned list. From Wordnik.com. [It will take more than Bill Gates to save the world] Reference
Carefully primping his thinning hair back into place, he pushed past the chauffeur and strode into the restaurant. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
The Robertses and their primping, sluttish secretary certainly wasn't telling, and she knew Moriah would never tell. From Wordnik.com. [Wicked Pleasures]
With endless primping and -- you or anybody -- endless primping and plucking and the right computer program, you could. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2006] Reference
She brushed at the strands with her fingers and gave the impression to anyone still watching her that she was primping. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Care]
HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, as Paris uses her last weekend of freedom primping for jail, her family and friends are speaking out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007] Reference
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