preen in English

verb
1
(of a bird) straighten and clean its feathers with its beak.
robins preened at the pool's edge
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "preen" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "preen", or refer to the context using the word "preen" in the English Dictionary.

1. You preen your right wing.

2. He never cared a preen for her.

3. Juvenile king penguins preen on the shore.

4. Do not preen yourself on defeating so weak a person.

5. Harder still, how do you preen your body feathers?

6. Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.

7. Young men lined up at the rear-view mirror to preen.

8. The private swans arch out their feathers and preen and nourish themselves.

9. Brian: Oh. Well, next time, preen yourself before asking her out.

10. They sat in Germaine Rocher's salon watching the languid mannequins preen and simper.

11. In other ducks courting males may also preen themselves in certain phases of their displays.

12. Cover Trees and bushes provide places where birds can safely rest and preen themselves.

13. The Study on the Function and Growth of Meat Duck Preen Gland under Diffe...

14. Make the others envious of him, Lais, so that Karl will preen himself in his glory.

15. Mimicry can also be a great way preen, or learn, or make a new friend.

16. Mimicry can also be a great way preen, or learn(Sentence dictionary), or make a new friend.

17. Together , the men preen, strut , shimmy , and shake their feathered costumes, mimicking birds of paradise.

18. A real man didn't prance around and yap at the mouth and preen for the camera. Sentencedict.com

19. A real man didn't prance around and yap at the mouth and preen for the camera.

20. Even lightly-oiled birds were dying as they ingested oil while attempting to preen themselves clean.

21. Tonight, you can watch the women figure skaters pout and preen their way to the medals.

22. An alternative suggestion is that the substances produced by ants might supplement the birds' preen oil in some way.

23. The keepers dunk the penguins in water to help remove the down and to encourage the birds to preen themselves.

24. They noted that each bird rubbed its cheek against its preen gland and then onto its neck, back and breast feathers.

25. You are afraid of facing the reality and cheat everyone, and yourself as well. You preen yourself like a clown to win flubdub .

26. These barbs and Barbules have small hooks that allow the bird to “zip” her feathers and preen them to make her feathers lay very orderly and neatly on her body.

27. Birds constantly maintain their waterproof coat through extensive grooming, or preening preen using the beak to maintain the health and structure of feathers to ensure that every feather is in good shape

28. A rescue worker feeds a northern gannet bird from the Gulf of Mexico region a dose of Pepto-Bismol today to combat complications from oil ingested when the bird tried to preen its feathers.

29. Postcript My memory's no worth a preen; I had Amaist forgotten clean, Ye bade me write you what they mean By this new-light, 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been Maist like to fight.

30. Down-Adown-derry, Her cheeks were like wine, Her eyes in her wee face Like water-sparks shine, Her niminy fingers Her sleek tresses preen, The which in the combing She peeps out between; Singing down-Adown-derry.

31. Brag: 1 v show off Synonyms: blow , bluster , boast , gas , gasconade , shoot a line , swash , tout , vaunt Types: puff speak in a blustering or scornful manner crow , gloat , triumph dwell on with satisfaction congratulate , preen pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement Type of: amplify , exaggerate , hyperbolise , hyperbolize ,