Sentences with phrase «preen at»

The empty - beaked bird would quickly start preening its mate, but the mate would be slow to preen back, or might not preen at all.

THIS common crane, preening itself at Lake Ganzen in Germany, has an extraordinary adaptation.

Not exact matches

At Step 1, turkeys must have ample space to move around, flap their wings, preen and dust bathe.

At first blush, I had him pegged as a modern, updated Edie Sedgwick, New York City's mascot frog preening and posing for a selfie while being publicly boiled to death in our pot of water.

Birds fed the crude oil were less active and spent less time preening their feathers than birds fed peanut oil, said study coauthor Christopher Goodchild, an ecotoxicologist at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

When active, preening a feather or leaning to cackle at another youngster, the bird shows the biggest shifts.

This spot wobbled around as a bird shifted to preen its feathers or look at a neighbor.

I will say that they both think they look fabulous, and it's so great to watch them primp and preen and look at their bodies.

Thanks to the second - hand rates at vestiairecollective.com, it will finally be possible for you to spoil yourself with the collection of Heels from Preen By Thornton Bregazzi while sticking to your budget.

Skirt: Preen by Thornton Bregazzi (bought in sale at Yoox) Shirt: H & M Denim jacket: Sportsgirl (very old) Bracelet: Jewelry to Your Doorstep Sunglasses: Loewe (old) Shoes, wedges: ToBe (old) Leather top: Cigno Nero similar (but a lot more expensive...) Shoes, heel: Players (old)

Leather jackets: Cigno Nero Skirt: Preen (you can buy old Preen collection items cheaply at Yoox where they also have a dress version of this print; I just ordered another printed skirt myself!)

As is becoming a longstanding tradition backstage at WMCFW, Maybelline's head makeup artist and maven, Grace Lee, was once again charged with primping and preening every single face that walked the runway.

in a navy - and - white striped long - sleeve Preen dress with an asymmetrical hem, plus gray ankle - strap heels and delicate jewels, at the SiriusXM Studios in N.Y.C.

I've been looking at Preen too, so good.

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in a plunging black body - hugging Preen dress with a multi-colored striped neckline and bright yellow pumps at the 12th Annual Inspiration Awards in Beverly Hills.

We snapped Dakota Fanning meeting Jared Leto at Marc Jacobs, the fabulous Michelle Harper at Preen, and Coco Rocha at Betsey Johnson.

She finishes her bold floral Preen Line number with a blush Michael Kors clutch and a voluminous blowout at Heineken's US Open Kick Off party in N.Y.C.

Also of note were the grown - up womanly looks at Mulberry and Preen as well as at L'Wren Scott's UK debut, where look seven (a cobalt wool dress with gold collar) premiered on the runway after it premiered on Nicole Kidman at the Stoker premiere.

is this wool jumper by Preen, found at an online retailer I recently discovered, The Cult & Classic, which offers a great edit of just the latter, well picked cool seasonal pieces next to the classics we always look for by well known brands.

From Preen's cozy army green version to Forever 21's expensive - looking wool - blend update on the classic double - breasted camel coat (modeled by Anja Rubik, snap), there are lots to choose from — and at all budgets.

One of my friends alarmed me when she found the big - smiling one on British Vogue's Pin - board — flattering as well — and then I realised I had to contact the girls who shot me — there was no crime involved lol — at 9 am in the morning before Preen's show this London Fashion Week.

«The offline «flirting» equivalents, at best, would be a suggestive look or a preening bodily gesture such as a hair toss to one side or an over-the-shoulder glance, each subject to myriad interpretations and possible misinterpretations contingent on the perceptiveness of the players involved.

At a guess I would say that if you're a woman you can probably spend 1 hour upwards preening and titivating and if you're a man you can be showered, shaved and out of the door within 20 minutes (unless, of course, you're a metro - sexual in which case you probably take longer than a woman!).

When the preening, flexing Tighten tries to wow her by repeatedly dropping her from on high, then swooping down to scoop her up at the last second, she is irritated by his showy stunts.

Louis eventually winds up at a prison camp run by a preening sadist known to the men as The Bird (Japanese musician Miyavi, making an impressive screen debut), who takes a personal interest in trying to break Louis.

Anderson — who's become even more of an actors» director in his last few films than he was already — is at the peak of his powers here, ironically but appropriately directing «Vice» in such a way that phrases like «peak of his powers» (and other language connoting masculine swagger or preening mastery) seem contrary to the spirit of the thing.

A decent chap with a bit of a preening nature, the Captain is vexed that he's never won the Pirate of the Year Award after more than two decades at sea.

A Byronic cad, Harry — Fiennes at his peak — is a gabby, preening rake who is clearly there to win back Marianne.

Preening Guy (Stolhanske), borderline multiple personality screwball «Nuts» (Chandrasekhar), med student Tara (Cobie Smulders), new guy Donnie (Soter), would - be ballerina Mia (April Bowlby) and disgraced actor Connor (Lem me), returning from an abortive television gig, have at it.

Often, both are naked, banging away at various blondes, preening in the mirror or staring at women's bottoms.

Let the record show that we have no beef with Val Kilmer's take on Jim Morrison, which persuasively intermingles the eyelids - at - half - mast preening of the Lizard King with the actor's own insouciant self - regard.

But revisiting the film, I was irked less by any perceived preening desire to be «authentic» than I was absorbed by the power of its story — though the movie's one go - for - broke stab at regional poetry, a black - and - white squirrel - centric dream sequence scored to a chorus of chainsaws, still falls completely flat.

Donald Sutherland remains a preening, gleefully and theatrically arch villain (though the less said about his rebellion counterpart Julianne Moore's performance the better), and Hutcherson puts in a strong, conflicted performance (Jennifer Lawrence, however, never seems entirely at home once she embraces the role of inspiring leader).

At the same time, Rotherham fails to remember that for all the preening of Beltway reformers, the most - successful school reform efforts have been — and continue to be — done by folks who didn't know much about education until stumbled into reform.

(John Hinderaker) In the aftermath of the epic failure of law enforcement at Stoneman Douglas High School, a number of companies adopted preening, anti-gun stances.

Being at the epicenter of the Strip, Sunset Plaza is where everybody driving a cool ride comes to preen.

If you are able to determine that your parrot is not playing, trying to climb, attempting to preen you, or isn't simply afraid, then aggression may well be at the root of your bird's biting.

Most cats self - groom often, so it's not unusual to see them lick and chew a little at their fur when preening.

You can also find «preening» toys, which birds peck at and groom, and cuddle toys.

«Preening» toys are meant to be pecked at and groomed, in much the same way that some children like to play «hairdresser» with a doll.

He preened and emoted for the camera in full makeup and wigs, and wearing nothing at all.

The remaining 1 percent can openly preen about newly acquired treasures at Art Basel Miami Beach, as Mr. Orlofsky of the Gagosian Gallery noted.

This surrealist photographic self - portrait of herself as a preening housewife looking over her shoulder while standing at the stove, is part of a series of self - portraits entitled «Untitled Film Stills» (1977 - 80).

In this respect, as in so many others, it's like multilayer marketing: the ones at the top reap the reward — and then they preen, pleased with themselves for mastering the game.

That this is accompanied in webby's case by prattling, preening and incompetence outside the ambit of any rational science at all — along with the obligatory smarmy sneers — seems par for the course for space cadets more generally.

But cats love to hunt as much as they love to preen, and they are good at it.

Sen. Sessions» interrogation of Holdren, and Holdren's pushback (within the limits of Capitol Hill protocol, in which Senators are allowed to chastise, misprepresent, and preen without being accountable for their statements, while witnesses must restrain themselves in responding), runs for about 7 minutes at 1:05 - 1:12.

The public might be more prepared to have «climate science» engaged at them if its leading practitioners demonstrated some qualities other than being arrogant, intolerant, preening and incompetent shysters.

Aveda will also be on hand at Christian Siriano, 4 pm at Eyebeam Atelier and Tibi, 6 pm at the stage at Lincoln Center, both on February 11; Preen, 11 am at Iac Building on February 13; Betsey Johnson, 6 pm at the theater at Lincoln Center; and Sophie Theallet, 5 pm at Milk Studies on February 14.