How to Use prim in a Sentence

prim

adjective

• Her aunts were very prim and proper.
• He has prim views on religion.
• The courtroom is a stage, and the judge has planned for the play to be a prim farce.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• Who says the royals have to be prim and proper all the time?
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 15 June 2018
• On this day, the mood of dread washed over the rolling hills, the prim pathways, the polished signs.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• The prim style wouldn't look out of place in Kate's wardrobe, either.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 2 Dec. 2018
• Next to that, Mara sat, prim, her orange coat bunched in her lap.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• But the moves of the workout itself belie this prim ethos.
  — Danielle Friedman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• Pearls and peep toe shoes make the perfect prim details.
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 30 July 2021
• Liv looked prim and proper with a dash of edge in a sleek yet structural suit.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
• Weiss is a small, prim, grim man who’s never gotten the job done.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Nov. 2021
• The queens wear boots — instead of prim flats — to trod on the sandy arena and know how to ride horses.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• This season, pleating isn’t just for the prim and proper, and it’s not just for skirts!
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2021
• At a gala in New York, Markle had her hair up in a bun, looking prim and polished.
  — Wendy Sy, Allure, 4 Aug. 2018
• Today, the opera can feel a little prim, like a homily.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 27 July 2023
• The house was a beige Colonial-style four-bedroom with prim hedges and a small, sloping lawn.
  — Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2022
• This past week, celebrities were all about prim and proper style.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2023
• The strippers and whores seem amused at this prim, upright stranger and do not suspect his ties to their boss.
  — Michael Washburn, National Review, 24 Oct. 2021
• Schweer, dressed for the office, had a prim, businesslike manner.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Billie Eilish's Met Gala look is a bit punk and a bit prim and proper.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 May 2022
• Under all that prim and properness, though, lies a heart of gold with a fierce loyal streak.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2020
• The duchess ditched her signature waves for a prim high bun, which suited her well.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2019
• There are lace blouses and prim skirts, there are pearl earrings and a dowdy updo.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
• This is mixed with a shaggy sofa in white faux fur and two prim Empire side chairs.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2021
• The leather hair accessory gave her prim and proper look a light touch of edge.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2019
• As long as the rest of your tuxedo is prim and proper, the gray suede is more an accent than a disruption to the dress code.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Giraffe looks prim and proper in its 1700s-style atire, which includes a powdered wig!
  — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 4 Sep. 2020
• Carson is prim and proper, while Max, a Black woman, feels trapped.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022
• The result is prim and polished, less like a diary and more like a monument.
  — Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• A lot of her early clothing in the ’50s was very constricted — prim and proper.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024