'coquettish' in such moments, when in fact she was treading precariously close to frenzied strangulation. From Wordnik.com. [Be My Enemy]
She has become very coquettish, the last few days!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Jill asked with a coquettish batting of eye lashes. From Wordnik.com. [MYTHO-THERAPY ON THE BLINK] Reference
(She pushes forward her glass with a coquettish movement.). From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The fly instantly becomes smitten by a coquettish lady bug. From Wordnik.com. [Cirque du Soleil extends D.C. run of ÂOvo'] Reference
The cheery, coquettish look of the Soendanese was absent here. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
The old hazel was making coquettish efforts to renew its youth. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
With others she had sometimes been coquettish, very coquettish. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Yes, she was very, very coquettish now; and everybody noticed it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
LeMour was the blooming host, with his daughter Nannette as the coquettish. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
Nina thinks the mischievous, coquettish mask translates to spirit of dress. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: That Darn Hat] Reference
Then she swept him a coquettish glance that meant they understood one another. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
The lady leaned with coquettish heaviness upon the arm that supported her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
"Are you afraid of me?" asks she, with a glance half questioning, half coquettish. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Waxed floors, dainty rugs, shining brasses, coquettish little mirrors here and there. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Poor Louise was not pretty, in spite of her large eyes, so loving but not coquettish. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She was not coquettish, but perfectly unaffected, and simply did not realize my meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Brightly dressed women and children, coquettish girls, nuns, and beggars all assemble here. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The angel was certainly a trifle coquettish, but in her own way, and yet her way was exquisite. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It may be coquettish, but there is nothing particularly womanly in never looking a man in the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
She looked at him keenly, archly for a moment, then replied with drooping gaze and coquettish manner. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
She looked extremely pretty, and even fascinating, in a coquettish little bonnet of the fashion of that time. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
She asked, with coquettish anxiety, if he were not disillusioned after the beautiful dream he had made of her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There was nothing audacious in her manner of repeating it -- no coquettish reference, in voice or glance, to him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Immediately she donned a coquettish little red hat and linen top-coat, and made her way to the other girl's seat. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
I try to be amiable without being coquettish; for coquetry here would be shameful -- would it not, my dear mother?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here she come in de store Sat'day night (acts coy and coquettish, burlesques Daisy's walk) a wringing and a twisting!. From Wordnik.com. [De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
I like to watch the tiny damsels decked out like reliquaries, and already affecting coquettish and lackadaisical ways. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She never talked to him in that way, never listened to what he had to say with such half-shy, half-coquettish attention. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Whatever the impetus, buyers and parents from New York to L.A. are snapping up coquettish outfits for their preschoolers. From Wordnik.com. [Showing Too Much, Too Soon] Reference
She had a refined, coquettish, mincing walk, which alone was enough to bespeak the agreeable sense she had of her own charms. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
"You'd be an awful easy man to cook for, Mr. Dale," she said, with a glance which in another woman would have been coquettish. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
She took a coquettish lady's-maidish amble to the door, passing Schwartz by the way, and yawned as she looked out upon the street. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
"Which side are you on?" she said with a sultry, coquettish air and one eyebrow arched skyward in a look that said — "Come hither.". From Wordnik.com. [Norm Bladdon, Private G.I.] Reference
A lady should be straightforward in her greeting, never condescending to the coquettish mannerism of letting the eyes fall during the bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Down came the girls like a flock of birds, chatting, laughing, and throwing coquettish glances behind, as they followed Salina from the barn. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
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