Sentences with phrase «preening peacock»

Plant comes across as a confident but agreeable superstar, a «preening peacock» whose long locks and powerful voice secured his place in the rock pantheon.

Meryl Streep is tremendously good as the witch, all claws and sneers, and Chris Pine is very funny as the preening peacock of a prince who becomes besotted by Anna Kendrick's Cinderella.

-- the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers strode the political stage like well - preened peacocks — arrogant, aloof and seemingly unflappable.

Not exact matches

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?

However, although played out differently, men also «peacock», engaging in preening and tidying behaviors to communicate attraction.