preen|preened|preening|preens in English

verb

[prɪːn]

clean one's feathers (of birds); groom with the beak (of birds); make oneself beautiful; be proud, take pride in oneself

Use "preen|preened|preening|preens" in a sentence

1. Preening.

2. 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

3. The Cockerel preened his feathers.

4. Adult Pied Butcherbird preening

5. You preen your right wing.

6. Five reed buntings preened at the pool's edge.

7. Grooming, preening, teasing and sometimes territorial behaviours.

8. Then he preens under his right wing, then on top.

9. He never cared a preen for her.

10. Juvenile king penguins preen on the shore.

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

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

13. She stood preening in their midst, delighted with the attention.

14. When properly preened the barbicels all hook up to their nearby Barbules

15. Acheman is preening and unscrupulous(sentence dictionary), willing to sacrifice truth for a Pulitzer Prize.

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

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

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

19. The Baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if

20. The preening popinjay has now departed the scene and good riddance, say I.

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

22. 15 She stood preening in their midst,(www.Sentencedict.com) delighted with the attention.

23. Acheman is preening and unscrupulous, willing to sacrifice truth for a Pulitzer Prize.

24. 4 Her island was peopled with plumed parrots, preening dodos, psychedelic land crabs.

25. Mist hung over the water and the huge concourse of duck swam and ducked and preened.