Despite all the public preening, the same values, he insisted, work well in Washington, too.

I've never seen so much preening and posturing in my life.

The outfits are there but gone is the constant preening.

By the time the visitors were done preening, the elevator had arrived.

But all the preening and posing eventually left this model exhausted.

He moved his shoulders about as if preening himself for Joy's approval.

They were a handsome pair, large for their species at six feet tall, and given to public preening.

Once trust has been established between a pair, mutual preening can follow.

'None of your business,' the bird said, looking up from its preening.

If he's after maturity, more heartbreak and less preening are just what he needs.

There was no preening by Mantle about home runs.

"For me, having come from Ireland, it feels good," is the extent of his preening.

His preening, Spock thought, has an avian quality to it.

The result is a sharp social commentary, unspoilt by personal preening.

So I have to dance the River in a preening, presenting fashion.

But the rock-star preening made an odd match with the songs.

She seemed finally to have completed the preening; he had no doubt his face was shiningly clean now.

It doesn't give two cents for post-modern preening or cold intellectual approaches.

Tweeter settled onto his perch and did a careful preening.

Successful mating is usually followed by a little bill fencing and mutual preening.

"It's your preening and primping that takes the time!"

He nodded, and leaned a little more into her preening; she knew where all the really itchy spots were.

No preening and strutting around like some peacock with his fan spread.

When he does go out, Leinart leaves the preening and hair-care products to others.

Their preening and posture saw them linked with the attribute of self-conceit.

More than half now spend between five and 20 minutes a day on personal grooming.

Personal grooming is also a matter of focus in Islam.

No, I have not mistaken you for people who care about my personal grooming.

Personal grooming does not seem to qualify as sports news.

Her main items were in the realm of personal grooming.

He had a slightly wasted look about him, not quite all there, and didn't seem to have much time for personal grooming.

This activity is known as personal grooming, a form of hygiene.

Her exaggerated runway look is already having an impact on personal grooming.

"I take it, then, he doesn't use you as a clothes designer or for personal grooming?"

He added: "People are wanting to do it as a part of personal grooming.

Hard working, with solid family values, and just begging for the opportunity to attend to your personal grooming.

Before dusk, Hausner ordered a rest period for personal grooming.

Still, personal grooming sometimes took backstage when it came to the urgency of a murder investigation.

Extremely vain, Adonis spent a great deal of time in personal grooming.

The bath industry is only too ready to oblige, with everything from personal grooming to global communications.

They are characteristically described as frugal, and interested in personal grooming.

Personal grooming is one thing, but there's nothing poorly coiffed about Reyes' head.

Then, I made a critical error by coming out too strongly on the issues while simultaneously neglecting my personal grooming.

Minor offences include being late for school, flaws in personal grooming and use of electronic devices during curriculum time.

Perhaps the easiest way to distinguish stars from actors on the screen is on the level of personal grooming.

(Which, in fairness, they probably I wasn't big on personal grooming at the time.)

A desk drawer filled with the essentials of personal grooming in case you should need a touch-up during the day.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, the long hair and general lack of personal grooming was closely associated with hippy culture.

Alaska marmots also enjoy sunbathing and spending a large amount of time in personal grooming.

If The Boss was vigilant about anything, it was personal grooming.

Despite all the public preening, the same values, he insisted, work well in Washington, too.

The outfits are there but gone is the constant preening.

Even his wife's preening irked him, so little did she understand the way of things.

They were a handsome pair, large for their species at six feet tall, and given to public preening.

"Other than the fact that she was so busy preening in the fireplace mirror?"

Once trust has been established between a pair, mutual preening can follow.

'None of your business,' the bird said, looking up from its preening.

If he's after maturity, more heartbreak and less preening are just what he needs.

There was no preening by Mantle about home runs.

"For me, having come from Ireland, it feels good," is the extent of his preening.

His preening, Spock thought, has an avian quality to it.

The result is a sharp social commentary, unspoilt by personal preening.

So I have to dance the River in a preening, presenting fashion.

But the rock-star preening made an odd match with the songs.

She seemed finally to have completed the preening; he had no doubt his face was shiningly clean now.

It doesn't give two cents for post-modern preening or cold intellectual approaches.

Tweeter settled onto his perch and did a careful preening.

Successful mating is usually followed by a little bill fencing and mutual preening.

"It's your preening and primping that takes the time!"

He nodded, and leaned a little more into her preening; she knew where all the really itchy spots were.

When he does go out, Leinart leaves the preening and hair-care products to others.

Their preening and posture saw them linked with the attribute of self-conceit.

These are conspicuously social birds, feeding together and engaging in mutual preening.

Players in the 1800's often loaded up at local pubs before the games, which sometimes became rowdy displays of male preening.

His wide mouth quirked in a preening, pleased smile.

Was he actually preening himself because of what she had said?

All the men were preening as if they had just come out of church.

The two old women looked at each other and preened.

Even under the circumstances, I could see him preen a little.

She could almost have laughed at the way he preened himself.

I was so proud of him, and maybe he preened himself a little, too!

He preened as she rolled over on top of him.

At first, their guard was down and they'd start to preen.

Now we know what elephants look like when they preen.

I preened myself in the light of so splendid a son.

I'd like to pause there for just a second and preen, if I may.

There was something inside her that wanted to preen and ask what else he liked.

His extended hand suddenly goes up to preen what little hair he has left.

So I thought, not without some degree of preening satisfaction.

They preened for him in a small park across from the soup kitchen.

The Prince preened in the mirror on the far wall.

The calculation had paid off, but there was no time to preen.

He did not take her meaning, of course, and preened with vanity instead.

In little groups they huddle against the bank and preen.

I decided, What the hell, might as well enjoy it, and let myself preen a little bit.

But too much of the choreography involved little more than preening.

He says that he's looking for birds preening or doing something which makes a good composition.

I preened a bit as a large pink pitcher was set in front of me.

Storey looked as if he was getting ready to preen.

You are not there to preen yourself and pretend to be clever.

Fly off and preen yourself with the bones of fishes!

They can't wait forever for you to finish preening yourself.

So get to it and stop preening yourself!

But the food is really secondary to being seen here, so be sure to preen yourself like a peacock in case of paparazzi.

"Don't preen yourselves in front of me," she said.

"Well, don't preen yourself, because I labelled you."

Sucking up to Oyrus, floating around, preening yourself," she shot back, her thin face twisted with dislike.

'If you don't stop preening yourself, I'll think you're going to take mistresses, and I'm not dead yet.'

It really is not good enough for you to preen yourself in this way while Britain continues to suffer from the consequences of a largely uneducated workforce.

--Oh, don't preen yourself, my boy.

"An army more than twice as large as any we can raise is burning its way through Arbonne," Urt' snapped, glaring at Bertran, "and you seek praise like a vain child, preening yourself on small triumphs of diplomacy."