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In the annual attempt to gain the attention of a willing hen, each cock preens and puffs out his chest, then does a little mating dance.

Rooftop Flight of Fancy Jessica Firger 2011

A lot of it takes place in the sleek offices of GQ—Conde Nast's male counterpart of Vogue—where our hero alternately preens and cringes under the dread stare of the editor, Art, who, like Bono, needs only one name.

Bright Lights, Flop City Edward Kosner 2011

Some of the performances feature special guests planted in the audience, such as Ms. Steinem, who laughed her way through the first few acts at Monday night's opening performance — only to get summoned onto the stage by "Bella," a college student whose narcissism she preens in front of a Flipcam and plugs her personal YouTube channel is belied by her thoughtful defense of third-wave feminism.

Channeling the City's Varied Voices Anna Sussman 2011

"The class gets to see just how difficult it can be to free one's prose from the weeds and brambles of composition," Professor X preens.

A Little Learning Eric Felten 2011

Tristina preens her feathers, and perches on a low-slung rocky abutment.

Rodential Patrols lucinda kempe 2012

As he preens, Jones explains his longevity in the gospel industry, and how he really doesn't have much national competition, even so many years later.

The Gospel according to Bobby Jones DeNeen L. Brown 2010

HM Treasury famously preens itself as having a collection of the very finest minds Oxbridge can produce – a pity then their principal activity seems to be devising spiv-like ways of deceiving the punters.

Society daily 26.10.2010 Patrick Butler 2010

He sits in the sun and preens, his head lifting when a cloud moves across the sun and interrupts his sunbathing.

DANCING SNOWFLAKES • by Stef Hall 2010

That kind of Christianity swaggers, preens, points, scowls, judges, and with its confident, braying bravado opportunistically and purposefully strikes fear into the hearts of perfectly decent people who want nothing more than to know that, in some real and lasting way, their human frailties are forgiven.

John Shore: No Heaven For You! John Shore 2011