How To Use Flirting In A Sentence

Now I'm flirting madly with the plumber who is installing our new bathroom. The Sun
I had no idea my flirting tactics identified me as part of a social group. Times, Sunday Times
As Tina becomes more involved in Carole's professional life, Carole begins to enjoy flirting with danger.
The next time your BFF’s crush is talking to you while ignoring her, be polite but don’t do anything your BFF can translate as you flirting with him.
Trying to make your partner jealous by flirting with other people can easily backfire on you.

Pure coincidence or unashamed public flirting? The Sun
I'm flirting with the idea of taking a year off and travelling round the world.
You might be amazed by a person flirting with you yet it soon turns to love. The Sun
That is the keynote of the Crébillon novel: it is the handbook, with illustrative examples, of the business, employment, or vocation of flirting, in the most extensive and intensive meanings of that term comprehensible to the eighteenth century. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
If you think Internet flirting and cybersex are harmless, you might want to reconsider.
Annabel Goldie had a brainstorm - or maybe she's on something - and started flirting with Jack at Question Time.
That was another line that often hampered flirting. Times, Sunday Times
We walk up front and not only is he doing some serious flirting with this beautiful girl, but she is flirting back with him.
America is still flirting with the edge of its fiscal cliff. Times, Sunday Times
Now the 47-year-old with the famous toothy smile wants to come to England after years of flirting with our biggest clubs. The Sun
Another notary had barely sat down to commence the signing process when the wife of the borrower began flirting with him.
There is also the consideration that she seems to be flirting with the possibility of committing herself to re-entering mainstream education locally.
That was another line that often hampered flirting. Times, Sunday Times
The subdued hues of the soft corals and sponges and the shimmering fish flirting along the reef edge made a stunning spectacle.
Fiona's mother kept a kindly eye on her daughter while at the same time flirting dangerously with the landlord.
Sometimes a man's unsuspicion is wiser, and Harkless knew that she was not flirting with him. The Gentleman from Indiana
His mission was to make sure I didn't steal the scene by doing something unfortunate, such as tumbling down the flight of stairs that led from the set's upper level, where most of the supers mingled, to the stars who would be flirting and fighting and dining at the Café Momus below. Bravo, to the Rear Stage
It makes a change from the beer-swilling, girl-chasing, drugs-flirting image that he has specialised in back home before disappearing to far-flung parts for his gap year.
Me and a friend were kind of flirting with a group of guys from across the room… very spunky guys.
Before the week is out, they're flirting over coffee and giving the hot-desking another go. The Sun
Going, gadding, frivolling, flirting -- that was the old What's-His-Name
The guys who do manage to score outside are hardy souls - hardier than the ones flirting in the relative safety of the bar.
You're good at flirting and teasing, and can be a real sweet talker.
The only waterfowl with both red forehead and habit of constantly flirting white under tail coverts.
After flirting with Chandler, she leaves Central Perk without the cookie.
I had no idea my flirting tactics identified me as part of a social group. Times, Sunday Times
To make matters worse, the last time he'd seen him, Cola had been flirting rather heavily with a muscular redhead.
He was surprised by how at ease he felt flirting gently with her. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Kailash soon appears, threatening Madhu while ingratiating himself with Dimanji and flirting with the family's mischievous maid.
Of course, there were plenty who weren't remotely coy about it: either hoping to try their hand in the saturnalian lucky dip, or already engaged in a mutually knowing conspiracy of flirting, footsie and ward-round eye contact since mid-November. Boiling a Frog
Of course, prior to Sept. 11, CNN, too, was trying to aerobicize itself into a sexier, personality-driven ship, importing players like Ms. Zahn and flirting with ideas like celebrity documentaries and late-night comedy. The Night Dan Wept: The O'Reilly Factor Shrivels While Weighty Network News Returns to the Fore
I couldn't even start to imagine how much it had to hurt for her to be watching her son flirting with death.
Now the 47-year-old with the famous toothy smile wants to come to England after years of flirting with our biggest clubs. The Sun
He came under fire for fielding a young side last season and flirting with relegation. The Sun
He is flirting with you - clumsily enough for you to write to me to ask what the hell he means, but flirting nonetheless.
While they struggle with those threatening to demolish the colony, their adopted teenage child Zoe ignores the big picture; instead she has fun with her boyfriend Enzo and her sarcastic best friend Gretchen while flirting with her Obin bodyguards. Zoe’s Tale-John Scalzi « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
I may have provoked it by flirting with him at our first encounter and I made a futile attempt of redeeming myself by trying to steer away from the coquetry to something tamer.
Shrill and soft old Autumnal winds blow and we are tucked below the shallow soil where seeds spring up and wither quickly flirting madly.
On Lovers' Lane nearby, some young men and women were flirting, while in the corner under a calabash tree some older men sat debating as to whether or not pawpaw leaves were the best bait for catching angel fish.
The time of reciting poetry and flirting soon finished. The Times Literary Supplement
It was so unbelievably fantastic that he was flirting with me, but bryozoa was involved. The Boys Next Door
On his way to refill his glass, Louis saw Roxy flirting with Kenny.
And flirting is all about showing interest. The Sun
You might be amazed by a person flirting with you yet it soon turns to love. The Sun
She gave a cheesy smile and started flirting shamelessly.
The Aussie is not the only currency flirting with parity against the greenback. The US dollar is already worth less than a euro. Now will it fall behind the 'Aussie'?
Just because someone enjoys flirting, it doesn't mean they're about to embark on a steamy affair.
This personal interaction may range from flirting, dancing, and drinking to sexual intercourse.
Flirting is second nature to you and you are almost shameless when it comes to practicing your flirting style.
This guy has always been fun, flirting and messing about. The Sun
Most evenings as I'm coming home from work, Steve is out in front of the store, jawing with anyone who'll give him a minute of his or her time, cussing up a storm, flirting with all the women, and exhorting everyone to go in and buy stuff.
It broke my heart, she was flirting with him and he was flirting back.
There needs to be flirting, to put people in the mood. Times, Sunday Times
You're ready to do some flirting with that person who has been on your mind all year. The Sun
They have been flirting with relegation for a number of years. The Sun
I've been flirting with the idea of moving towards Apple more and more.
Forget flirting--I was just being fanciful and Freudian when I said that. STAGE FRIGHT
Kymenos shrugged and turned back to grooming Sykeen, though in fact he got in only a few strokes with the brush before Sykeen danced sideways away from him, flirting his tail.
At close quarters Julio Del Sol was less impressive than he had seemed while he was flirting his cape in the bullring. DOUBLE DECEIT
So the fact that we're flirting with paid leave for dads to bond with their babies is almost revolutionary -- and apparently is drumming up significant support. Wendy Sachs: Why Men Matter
Girls are always flaunting themselves at me and flirting.
April, in the meanwhile, was flirting with a few other models, but her eyes were glued to Nicholas.
Perhaps flirting boosts your ego and allows you to feel in control of the game. The Sun
Yes, since November things have really started to pick up and they needed to because we were flirting with danger towards the bottom of the table.
Contributing to the increase in the number of smokers is the flirtation practice of smirting, a ritual of flirting outside pubs using cigarettes as the social piece to do so. Charles Kennedy, Hypocrisy and Consistency
He's been flirting with me for a few weeks now and has recently taken it up a step.
There's winking, strutting, flitting and flirting, pecks on the cheek and pinches on the bum.
Perhaps flirting boosts your ego and allows you to feel in control of the game. The Sun
More fiction than fact abounds in a country that's now flirting with calls to ignore the painful lessons of history supposedly learned in the past.
This kind of banter, needless to say, is not acceptable flirting behavior.
So far, all I had was a little harmless flirting going on between a wannabe superstar and a jock-riding hoochie. Show Stoppah
Ana leaned over and whispered, ‘He's flirting with you, he normally doesn't flirt.’
Maybe this works better when you're the dumpee, but rejoining what BG calls the "flirting continuum" can be a really good thing for getting over a breakup (much better than, say, having a rebound romance.)
America is still flirting with the edge of its fiscal cliff. Times, Sunday Times
I'm flirting my little kishkes off when the crowd starts whooping and hollering.
Pure coincidence or unashamed public flirting? The Sun
To say otherwise has us flirting with the heresy of defectibility. Bohemian thoughts...
Bias-cut dresses in silk, satin and sheer fabrics fit the bill for affairs that require strap heels and heavy flirting.
Now I'm flirting madly with the plumber who is installing our new bathroom. The Sun
Psychologists have long noticed that the combination of distance and pseudoanonymity on the Internet tends to unlock people's ids - hence all the flame wars, the UPPER CASE SHOUTING, and the rampant flirting in chat rooms.
Recall that/film put up an article about Lucasfilm flirting with using Digital SLR for cockpit shots in reshoots. zamarov how do people fall for the spin that reshoots are a positive thing or that they were planned reshoots are always a bad sign, it means they don't have a good film it doesn't necessarily mean the film will be bad but it doesn mean they have problems and that as it stands, it's a bad film or doesn't meet expectations Details Emerge on George Lucas Red Tails Reshoots | /Film
Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. Helen Rowland
We decided to try the beet tower and the fatted calf, still listening in as the “girl talk” from the table beside us got louder and drunker and the de rigueur flirting with the obviously gay waiter began. Roseanne Archy
The mugging was merely the pretext for heavy-duty flirting between a dishy detective and Keelin, the lovelorn physiotherapist.
The final straw came when she heard he was flirting with waitresses at a restaurant he owns. The Sun
This guy has always been fun, flirting and messing about. The Sun
In fact, this update goes even further and there is a new word in the English language: "smirting", which is a combination of "smoking" and "flirting". ‘absolutely intercultural!’
As if she didn't know that they were off thinking of flibbertigibbets and flirting with things, so that they forgot their tasks!
So come on you singletons, bite the bullet and get flirting!
She was quite chatty and soon we were flirting. The Sun
I survived a breakup along the way and found Mary, my own true love, which led to columns on flirting and younger women and my experience with in-laws.
But it does mean that in contemporary historiography, the sign of history has become less the real than the intelligible, an intelligibility achieved through the production of historiographical discourse according to narrativist principles, hence always flirting with the “fictive” that is intrinsic to the operation of narrative. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School
'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!
There's very little novel about the phenomenon of the pop industry flirting with lesbianism and schoolgirl sexuality.
But that's only half of it – to make Belle's Beauty Boutique into something really special you need to encourage specific behaviour from your customers, namely gossipping and flirting. SLACKERJACK – Lego Chic Boutique
The economy is flirting with recession, the debt crisis has threatened to move beyond Greece and banks are looking increasingly fragile - and that's on top of the some of the longer term afflictions such as an aging population. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
They know me! they are cautious!" muttered Sybil, biting her lips with suppressed fury; for their forbearance, which she called duplicity, enraged her more than all their flirting had done. Cruel As The Grave
Now I'm flirting madly with the plumber who is installing our new bathroom. The Sun
He even charmed Mrs Prichard, carrying her shopping and flirting with her, though she's 83.
You might be amazed by a person flirting with you yet it soon turns to love. The Sun
He came under fire for fielding a young side last season and flirting with relegation. The Sun
Mitchell Pearce's chip kick to the corner was batted back by Sam Perrett for Aubusson, who leapt through the air acrobatically to touch down while flirting dangerously with the touch-in-goal. Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines
Instead, however, of listening to the sermons, Burton got flirting with a Meccan girl with citrine skin and liquescent eyes. The Life of Sir Richard Burton
It was also here that the music and dance of the tango, once described as vertical flirting, was born among the brothels and bordellos of Necochea, a street that today is lined with pizzerias, cantinas and gift shops.
Do not allow him to brush it off under the guise of a little harmless flirting. Times, Sunday Times
The three set off on a road trip that consisted of tequila shots, flirting and ghost stories around the campfire.
Flirting is a purely American custom, it doesn't exist here.
Laura rolled her eyes not knowing whether he was serious or flirting.
Pure coincidence or unashamed public flirting? The Sun
Welcome to the practice of smirting smoking and flirting, a craze which has swept Ireland since the introduction of the pub and restaurant smoking ban in January 2004. Smirting Craze Revealed | Impact Lab
The other students had already conglomerated into their groups, and Andrew was off talking with Matthew and flirting with his girlfriend.
There is also the consideration that she seems to be flirting with the possibility of committing herself to re-entering mainstream education locally.
The Archbishop of Canterbury elect becomes a Druid and is indignant at those who think he may be flirting with paganism.
Later in The Yard, bolstered by the success of his new found flirting ability, Richard chatted someone up - a rather dishy Yank, called Seth.
A plateful of sinful chocolate eclairs sitting on the countertop were trying hard to call my name, flirting with my sweet tooth by offering promises of oozing cream and a sugary chocolate fondant topping.
The leadership's consistent flirting with disaster – whether it is famine, the ill-fated foray into supposed electoral politics in 2005, or the misadventures in Somalia – provides a clear image of a ruling party holding a nation in an extricable iron grip. When Doves Cry: US-backed Ethiopian regime imprisons opposition
Our messages have gone from simple flirting to talking about moving in together and declaring our undying love for each other. The Sun
It was also here that the music and dance of the tango, once described as vertical flirting, was born among the brothels and bordellos of Necochea, a street that today is lined with pizzerias, cantinas and gift shops.
You're ready to do some flirting with that person who has been on your mind all year. The Sun
If you think Internet flirting and cybersex are harmless, you might want to reconsider.
Lately the only people who've been flirting with me are fifty-year old bus drivers with hairy chests and their uniform shirts open to their belly-buttons.
flirting is not unknown in college classes
I'm flirting with the idea of taking a year off and travelling round the world.
But he admits the club need to invest in the summer to avoid another season of flirting with relegation. The Sun
She was flirting harmlessly with some boys who were passing by.
Her releases, flirting in turn with ambient, electronica, techno, dub and industrial have proven to be enduring records.
Warm and funny, she has a nice line in sardonic humour and is adept at the tricky art of gentle flirting. Times, Sunday Times
If you are female, the odds are that you are more attractive than you think, so try flirting with some better-looking men.
We clicked from day one and spent lots of time flirting and going out to lunch. The Sun
I had a blast at the party, meeting with and flirting outrageously with all the lovely men there, but not in a rude way.
A few are 'smirting', that is flirting while smoking, while others are shouting to make themselves heard over the hubbub. Times, Sunday Times
By this time she was permanently in a wheelchair, but still full of life and very fond of sangria and flirting with Spanish waiters.
While Willow going dark is interesting temporarily, Buffy's depression and flirting with darkness is much more interesting.
the flirting man teased the young woman
Not that I was the only one: I noticed how all the women preened themselves when he walked into the room, flirting with him and laughing outrageously at his jokes.
I never minded smirting because it reflected the genuine phenomenon of smokers flirting while shivering outside restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
Remembering that morning, on the plane, when Cassie began to display her ticklishness, which passed for flirting in Cassie's world, she felt mildly disgusted.
What a whirl, what a swirl, what a syncopating scintillation of networking, flirting and aerobic socializing this week mixes up!
She despises George and is diverted by the renewal of her acquaintance with the rakish Judge Brack who offers the possibility of flirting, gossip and intrigue.
Do not allow him to brush it off under the guise of a little harmless flirting. Times, Sunday Times
Was it still the time of those opulent balls and of southern belles like Scarlett flirting with everyone?
I did my share of flirting and went home at a decent hour with my husband, sighing inwardly.
Looks like there's a new cool version of flirting, to take over from "smirting" (making up to the opposite sex in the smokers 'refuges that have sprung up outside pubs & offices since the smoking ban. We Blog A Lot
But he admits the club need to invest in the summer to avoid another season of flirting with relegation. The Sun
Labour is also flirting with the idea. Times, Sunday Times
I happen to flirt when someone is flirting with me.
The University of California at Los Angeles that's UCLA to you is flirting with the option to allow students to request a co-ed roommate for the 2012 academic year. UCLA To Make Co-Ed Roommates An Option For Transgender Students?
It was strange how I didn't feel any guilt about flirting with the star-struck teenagers, and in fact I was having fun.
Psychologists have long noticed that the combination of distance and pseudoanonymity on the Internet tends to unlock people's ids - hence all the flame wars, the UPPER CASE SHOUTING, and the rampant flirting in chat rooms.
She glanced over at the bar, where she saw the chesty redhead flirting with a customer as she refilled his drink.
Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. Helen Rowland
We clicked from day one and spent lots of time flirting and going out to lunch. The Sun
Despite her tiny body, she had a certain sexuality, flirting outrageously with my brother, David.
She was an accomplished flirt—but then, this was the golden age of flirting among the highborn on both sides of the Atlantic. George Washington’s First War
My own children would play for hours on its vast fronton (court), theoretically for pelota but more often for impromptu football, or rollerskating, or teenage flirting or, at night, dances and fireworks or Basque games (shows of strength). Classic France: the insiders' guide
That was another line that often hampered flirting. Times, Sunday Times
Here are 11 warning signs of becoming over-stimulated and crossing the boundaries from flirting to overt sexuality on line.
Ever industrious, Balls passed Christmas by flirting with traditional ChristianSocialists, offering thema morsel ofencouragement about the importance of family and marriagetosociety, disregarding how his policies have compounded thoseinstitutions 'decline. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
Instead, she leaves the flirting and drunken karaoke to her hausfrau pals, Maureen and Carol, who of course have domestic problems of their own.
He even charmed Mrs Prichard, carrying her shopping and flirting with her, though she's 83.
He tries to prove he can flirt well by flirting with the pizza girl, only to end up talking about gas and looking like an idiot because he actually doesn't know how to flirt?
America is still flirting with the edge of its fiscal cliff. Times, Sunday Times
We stopped ascribing any value to integration, and began flirting with the notion that host countries aren't legitimate entities with their own cultures, only political frameworks for various co-existing cultures.
Then again, maybe I'm not the right person to ask, as I decided we had to save the pictures from the '30s of my grandmother flirting with her ski instructor in St. Moritz. History, One Photo at a Time
Aberdeen are a team who have had a variegated season of their own and the fact they have recorded just one league victory on their travels is one reason why they are flirting between fifth place and the lower reaches of the table.
Nagging criticism, serious fights, flirting with strangers, and starting an affair are the classical ways of breaking out of the cage of a sex-starved relationship.
One of these days, flirting with my betters is going to get me in trouble. A late night encounter and musings on the same
Morrison has been flirting with a jazz album for some time, but this at-long-last effort exceeds expectations.
Briefly flirting with the idea of managing a Guatemalan mine, he prefers death to exile, and walks in front of an express train.
I was thinking that my lack of luck with Brad the lumberjack may be due to my flirting skills being rusty.
Flirting shyly with that Spanish gigolo in the parking lot and then lumbering off to skinny-dip in the ocean with his fetching male student. Watch John Wayne in The Quiet Man: live!
The flirting, the teasing, just the whole interplay between them is great.
But responding to Nathan Bryce's flirting was about as wise as striking matches to find a gas leak.
Dad's flirting with all the ladies, or they're all flirting with him, as usual.
She had a long spiritual journey, flirting at points with theosophy as well as the Roman Catholic Church.
They have been flirting with relegation for a number of years. The Sun
It means the act of dallying, flirting, toying or trifling.
The time of reciting poetry and flirting soon finished. The Times Literary Supplement
One night I was up at the pub, chatting, flirting, drinking double tequila slammers, and generally feeling rather pleased with myself.
Most recently it has been flirting with the notion of a "Tatar" citizenship linking the Russian citizens of Tatarstan with the diaspora of ethnic Tatars beyond. Chechnya: How Russia Lost
Minerva suspected he’d been flirting with her on the trip through the Falls, suspected she’d been flirting back a bit—but only the way she did when there was a barn-raising or a baptism, and everyone was feeling gaysome. The Chisholms
I keep flirting with the idea of setting a novel there, and may do it one of these days.
Labour is also flirting with the idea. Times, Sunday Times
Though she enjoyed flirting with Matt, it had not entered her head to have an affair with him.
‘No tickling,’ he said, realizing a moment later that he was flirting with her; he hadn't even thought he knew how to flirt.
She was nearly always a subject of Dylan's flirting and knew it was fun and enjoyable.
Then again, maybe I'm not the right person to ask, as I decided we had to save the pictures from the '30s of my grandmother flirting with her ski instructor in St. Moritz. History, One Photo at a Time
Next time you find yourself flirting with an attractive member of the opposite sex, however, you should beware.
And flirting is all about showing interest. The Sun

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