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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of prim.

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Examples

  • Madame Roux made quite a pretty picture with her delicate nose firmly in the air, her eminently kissable lips primmed into a forbidding line, and her big blue eyes taking care to look at everything but him.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Madame Roux made quite a pretty picture with her delicate nose firmly in the air, her eminently kissable lips primmed into a forbidding line, and her big blue eyes taking care to look at everything but him.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • It all just felt whitewashed to death, like something primmed for display in Times Square.

    The Kite Runner (2007): D+ 2008

  • Dusting her hands, her lips primmed into a satisfied smirk, she marched back to her desk.

    Hot For Him Mayberry, Sarah 2007

  • I greatly disliked being primmed and scolded, and I thought dressing up an awful bore, and never going out without a chaperone a greater one.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • I didn't get all primped and primmed to have an overfed pompous puff ball tell me he's too good for me.

    CNN Transcript May 19, 2006 2006

  • Her arms were folded, her mouth primmed into an expression of respect, mingled with obstinacy, her whole mind apparently bent up to the solemn interview.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • She primmed up her mouth tighter and tighter, puckering it as if it were sewed, in her effort to keep her will uppermost.

    The Fox 2003

  • Thomas primmed up his face, and Sebastian drew himself up stiffly, interrupting her train of thought with their posing.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • She looked up and saw Priscilla and primmed her lips in disapproval.

    Death of a Charming Man Beaton, M. C. 1994

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