Preening

Of course, DeSantis does not “persecute” migrants, but has exposed the preening hypocrisy of progressive “sanctuary” jurisdictions.

Otherwise it's just preening.

His path intersects with that of a preening industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), who enlists him to build a starkly modern community center.

Several of them were preening themselves on the airwaves yesterday, demanding that the Government halts arms sales to Israel.

Sheena Easton does a great job playing the straight role here, forced to react to Prince’s preening and prowling (in his high-pitched altered voice) all around her.

The last thing we need is a preening Viceroy Murray overseeing the unceasing plunder of our resources and impoverishment of our people.

While preening is generally considered positive, too much of it could disrupt other healthy chicken behaviors.

All the while, Ms. Doherty’s body turned into a wave as she rocked from side to side with her expressions both pained and preening.

Answer: Because he’s a preening crapweasel who never gets called to account for anything he says.

I hate all the preening and posing and lying, which neither side has a monopoly on.

This concern was dismissed by most Republicans as moral preening or a Pollyannaish unwillingness to recognize the distinction between private morality and realpolitik.

He is so deliciously his performance as Frank N. Furter, strutting and preening around his mansion as Janet and Brad watch on in bemused, entranced wonder.

I watch as a few of them turn on the charm, delighting the judges by purring and preening, but most exude studied indifference bordering on ennui (You woke me up for this?

So, Ireland has actually turned history on its head: it has sided with the aggressors and demonized the victim, all under the self-righteous guise of moral preening.

The Wednesday hearings showed almost no preening for the cameras by House Democrats (and not much from Republicans, either).

And while they are parading around in their vagina hats, they are engaging in an ORGY of MORAL PREENING and virtue signalling about how “courageous” they are.

But even if female cooks seek less attention, they're working in kitchens as worthy of acclaim as those of their preening male counterparts.

How much time it spends preening?

One would think that with all the cultural leftist and media preening about social mindfulness of others, the nightly news narratives about Russia and other foreign bogeymen would illustrate this context for viewers.

Rather, I believe that this chaos is the perpetual result of the absolute incompetence and idiocy of a preening philistine who has faked his way through life pretending that he knows more than he does and is tougher than he is.