Think of Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Ernest as your common garden variety back in those times. For a girl not to down pints of beer, or be shocked by swearing, may seem 'positive' qualities in the girl but when such a girl is considered 'prim and proper', the image is one of a starchy, formal, unsmiling Sunday School teacher, who thinks fun and play for children should be limited in case they get 'over-excited', and who could never 'let her hair down'. Send us feedback.It may have been a virtue, or indeed, de rigueur (=required by etiquette or current fashion) to be 'prim and proper' in Victorian times, but it is far from a positive comment on someone since the flapper age (1920's good-time girls). These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prime.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022 See More starring BTS and an assortment of the band’s music videos to prime the crowd.Į. Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The Jumbotrons played an anti-plastics (but pro-Samsung) environmental P.S.A. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Unger’s note is one of three - three! - introductory sections to this Penguin Classics translation, which is an obvious tell that some context and buildup were needed to prime the reader for this seminal work of the Latin American dictator genre. Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 But some experts say that targets should show a greater mix of race, gender and age, so as not to reinforce stereotypes or prime the mind to see particular groups as a threat. 2021 The goal was to prime their bodies to last as long as possible before giving out. 2022 She was randomized to also receive 11 months of four therapies meant to prime the immune system to better fight the virus, according to Núria Climent, a biologist at the University of Barcelona Hospital Clinic, who presented the findings.īenjamin Ryan, NBC News, 27 July 2022 Here’s the rundown of national stats to prime the pump for Alabama-Tennessee week. 2022 Embrace a 5 to 10 minute jump rope warmup to prime your muscles for what's to come.

Verb To prime the pump, the original Avatar was rereleased in theaters last week.ĭavid Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022 The Cincinnati Bengals have their first home prime-time contest of the season on Thursday against the Miami Dolphins.

2022 The show used prime-time television to dismantle misinformation by dispelling myths about the virus.Īshley Cobb, Essence, 30 Sep. Gretchen Whitmer or challenger Tudor Dixon on a network affiliate in Detroit. 2022 For the sake of comparison, $22,000 wouldn't quite cover three prime-time commercials for Gov. 2022 Amanda Bearse was a star on prime-time television and came out in 1993 before Rosie O’Donnell! 2022 The Bruins kept most of their prime-time talent home Monday, because the raison d’etre of the preseason is sifting through prospects and tidying up roster openings. 2022 The prime-time sitcom, which only aired for one season, was the first to center an Asian American household.īrahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 4 Oct. CDT on CBS, a set of recruits will get an in-person view. 2022 While the nation watches the prime-time battle at 7 p.m. Biden’s commitment to respond with overwhelming force to Russian nuclear attacks. 2022Īdjective Making a prime-time speech to the country, addressing a joint session of Congress, holding an emergency NATO summit-these can all demonstrate Mr. 2022 Others simply can’t come to grips with the reality of trading away Rudy Gobert and the for-now theoretical idea of trading away Donovan Mitchell - two perennial All-Stars in their prime under team control for several more seasons.Įric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 Even though the coast is generally cooler and prime for summer adventuring, make sure to check the weather and consider hiking in the early morning or at sunset to avoid climbing temperatures.

2022 Stanley Johnson, father of the UK's prime Minister Boris, blamed his own son's government - and the UK's Brexit from the European Union. 2022 Iga Swiatek, for instance, was still in middle school during Williams’s prime. 2022 Texas and Ewers like the deep ball, potential trouble for a still developing cornerback situation, but prime for Will Anderson, Dallas Turner and Chris Braswell’s pass-rush specialty.

Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Sep. 2022 Canyons, rivers, and waterfalls make the three-mile Popo Agie Falls Trail prime for leaf peepers as well. 2022 And this year’s Finals features two of the league’s top stars in their prime in Las Vegas forward A’ja Wilson and Connecticut’s Jonquel Jones, the last two league MVPs. Noun Are the Heat in danger of wasting Jimmy Butler’s prime?

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