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Looking for sentences and phrases with the word coxcombry? Here are some examples.
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Sentence Examples
| He paused, grimly regarding it, while a dash of pleased coxcombry seemed to mingle with the otherwise savage satisfaction expressed in his face. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| We give two or three specimens to confound at once this miserable piece of coxcombry and shuffling. |
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| His vanity, coxcombry and folly, displeased the King, and alarmed the Queen. |
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| Here he formed an acquaintance which helped him much in the world of coxcombry. |
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| Pity that such talents should be coupled with such cowardice and coxcombry. |
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| In fact, it was a part of the gallant fellow's coxcombry to play the Englishman. |
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| This is a bit of coxcombry which has no match in the simple, unaffected vanity of the Portuguese. |
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| He is born in coxcombry, cradled in coxcombry, and educated in coxcombry. |
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| However, his coxcombry was a falling-off from early seriousness. |
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