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How to use peacocking in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word peacocking? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
There was some quite enjoyable peacocking and they all had a sort of weird twinkle in their eye, like they wanted to be a bit naughty.
A chesty, full-bodied man who moves quickly, Dujardin is good at buoyant peacocking, as when he shows off to an appreciative audience at the première of one of Valentin's films.
The prime minister must have known well in advance that the European seal of approval was coming his way, because he was peacocking for days beforehand.
It's called peacocking. Gets the chicks to notice me. Gives 'em a conversation piece.
One year is a millennium in football, and the previously peacocking Jets — before last season began, Ryan had guaranteed a Super Bowl — were suddenly in need of uplift.
When Baron Cohen finishes a film, he struts around in the guise of his peacocking dolts for months at a time, turning routine promotional events into provocation and performance art.
Just another example of clueless rich people peacocking, right?
Examples from Classical Literature
The King and Queen, it was said, did not like this peacocking, but might not help it.
Tourists as nuns, tourists as Turks, tourists as God-knows-what, all preening and peacocking!
For Charlotte had come in with a platter, and Nan turned about, peacocking before her unsurprised gaze.
And Aunt Hannah in her enraged scorn even undertook a grotesque and mincing imitation of the peacocking aforesaid.
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