Sentences with phrase «preening for»

But before you start primping and preening for those Portrait Lighting and Contour shots, know that the phone lacks any notable camera features, outside of an optical zoom.

And around town or on the highway — where most people think to use vehicles not preening for an excursion to a track day — the RX is just the prescription the doctor ordered.

The tense lead up to Frot's extensive preening for her grand concert (providing Michel Fau with most of the film's comic relief as a bitter has - been whose secret sexual orientation finds him blackmailed into being a voice coach) leads to a rather exquisite send - off, where the swan - winged singer takes to the stage for one accidentally sublime minute of sound.

Contrary to the «quick spruce» stereotype, 1 in 5 men would spend between 1 to 2 hours preening themselves for a date, and 39 % of women would do the same.

But when a camera comes near, Alessandra is in supermodel action, posing and preening for the lens.

Indeed, those busily preening themselves for their prescience in rejecting disposal diapers forgot to include the environmental impact of sanitizing reusable cloth diapers, an impact that may be worse than the problem of landfills containing used Pampers and Huggies.

Here he gets a putback and gets fouled, and he showed his hand wraps haven't stopped him from preening for the crowd.

Rambo's name used to be Rainbow, but his brash strut and shameless preening for tourists» cameras led to the change.

And yet, their swag - off before the race was almost better, with a bunch of guys who have celestial talents and corresponding egos preening for the cameras minutes before trying to run faster than anyone had before.

Each year, the footballers of Naples primp and preen themselves for what might be football's most ridiculous calendar, and this year, according to their website, «the players and coach Benitez are portrayed in a mix of fashion, humor and sensuality.»

Many have preened for the role.

I agree, I would love for an Anthro stylist to come help me dress and preen for a week.

Head upstairs to primp and preen for cocktail party, return downstairs (rocking the red patent leather pumps of course!)

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Or wait for a workplace event where preening is accepted, such as a gala dinner, and let your freak neckwear fly.

Or preen like peacocks when we gather for festivals of righteousness, and fear being passed over when the names of the beautiful people are read aloud?

The sanctimonious moral preening offered via social media from such figures as Apple's Tim Cook and the historically amnesiatic Hillary Clinton are both laughable and inexcusable for their dedication to spreading flavor - of - the - moment distortions.

For what a presence he was, that snow - white fisherman With the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minnow.

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.

2nd, he looks like a Ken Doll by wearing earrings and using hair gel, so there is a lot of scorn for this preening boy - band look from football fans.

You wake up in the morning, get your kids ready for school, get them to actually go to school, clean the house of all their mess and, before you know it, you're too knackered to bother with pruning and preening your personal appearance.

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For instance, adolescents often spend hours preening themselves because they think, «everyone will notice if I don't look good.»

That decadence would push an Olisa Metuh to preen and strut in court, as if being docked for alleged sleaze deserved some gold medal.

But they can be exposed for what they are - Labour's whackier and more left - wing cousins - who can be relied upon only to posture, preen and pontificate.

When one parent returns with a fish for the chick, the couple preen each other and switch roles.

Birds can take in these smaller doses by preening slightly greasy feathers or eating contaminated food, for example.

6 Fashion march of the penguins: Thousands of tiny, colorful sweaters have been knit for these flightless birds, to keep them from preening themselves if they are doused in oil from a spill.

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Let's take a break from obsessing over her street style and obsess for a moment over red carpet style, which includes this V - neck blood - orange Preen midi, a matching lip and mirrored Brian Atwood sandals for the Samsung Hope for Children Gala in N.Y.C.

It was a red Preen Resort 2012 sunshine beaded stretch - crepe dress for the 16th Annual GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles last November.

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The retro - fit sateen Preen dress chooses for the Giffoni Film Festival in Giffoni Vana Piani, Italy, feels pretty film noir, especially when paired with side - swept bangs.

Its light, comfy and perfect for days when you can't be doing with fake tanning / preening ones legs... #lazygirlproblems.

Just one quick pass in front of any given show during Fashion Week, and — for better or worse — you'll witnesses scores of preening style - setters getting snapped by international photographers.

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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.

The star sets the style bar high in a brushstroke - print Preen T - shirt dress when she kicks off the promo tour for The Fault in Our Stars in Miami.

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Of course, there were others shows going on too, notably Prabal Gurung, Lacoste, Jill Stuart, Mara Hoffman, and Herve Leger, all of which naturally brought out preening style - setters posing for street style photographers.

Kimberly also advises to look for «preening gestures» which serve as unconsciously signs of interest.

She explains that there are three major methods for sending messages of attraction subtly, silently, but truthfully: facial expressions, body signals, and preening.

In adulthood they become the villainous Megamind (voiced by Will Ferrell) and the preening hero Metro Man (Brad Pitt), rivals in the fight for control of Metro City and for the heart of a TV reporter named Roxanne (Tina Fey).

Lincoln is positively littered with familiar faces, notable standouts being Lee Pace as a young, preening and suitably odious pro-slavery Democrat (Fernando Wood, for you history folks) and David Strathairn as Lincoln's trusty right - hand man William Seward.

Through it all, actress Posey strikes attitudes and preens across the glib surface of the film, and though her campy excesses are tolerable for a brief time, the performance becomes an exercise in overkill.

There's also a delightful grab - bag of colorful supporting roles for the sparkling cast: Hilary Swank as a meticulous investigator, Riley Keough as the Logans» capable sister Mellie, Dwight Yoakam as a preening prison warden.

Boosting her height in a pair of open - toe heels, the Boston born star looked effortlessly primped and preened as she worked her magic for photographers.

Stunning: Boosting her height in a pair of open - toe heels, the Boston born star looked effortlessly primped and preened as she worked her magic for photographers

Funny without being distracting, though she can deliver when it's her time to shine, which works for Preen's eleventh - hour speech.

Hallucinatory and kaleidoscopic camerawork make for pop - art expressions of tone but creates a preening, jejune moodiness.

A theatrical troupe arrives on an island off the coast of Florida, where Alan (Alan Ormsby, who also co-wrote the film and created its makeup effects), the group's preening and tyrannical director, wastes no time in pulling pranks on his unsuspecting actors and, for added kicks, holds a séance in an attempt to bring to life one of the corpses (Seth Sklarey as Orville) dug up from the local cemetery.