How to Use prim in a Sentence

prim

adjective

• Her aunts were very prim and proper.
• He has prim views on religion.
• Tennis is a prim and proper sport.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
• 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
• This past week, celebrities were all about prim and proper style.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2023
• Weiss is a small, prim, grim man who’s never gotten the job done.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Nov. 2021
• Next to that, Mara sat, prim, her orange coat bunched in her lap.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• The prim style wouldn't look out of place in Kate's wardrobe, either.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 2 Dec. 2018
• Liv looked prim and proper with a dash of edge in a sleek yet structural suit.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
• Zain did in fact seem too prim for the situation.
  — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
• However, your front yard doesn't need to feel too prim and proper.
  — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
• 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
• There are lace blouses and prim skirts, there are pearl earrings and a dowdy updo.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
• The duchess ditched her signature waves for a prim high bun, which suited her well.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2019
• Sobol, who favored prim skirts and blouses, stood slightly apart.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Schweer, dressed for the office, had a prim, businesslike manner.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Far from your usual prim and proper floral, this scent isn't afraid to get its hands dirty.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
• 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 leather hair accessory gave her prim and proper look a light touch of edge.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2019
• 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
• They’re being taught how to look prim and proper while pouring the perfect cup of tea.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 6 May 2026
• 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
• An upscale couple in facemasks and leather gloves trailed their prim and glossy dachshund.
  — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
• Baron was gentle, fatherly, and prim.
  — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
• 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
• The result is prim and polished, less like a diary and more like a monument.
  — Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• And when more prim visitors use the room, a privacy shade can be installed, too.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 25 May 2018
• Rosalind is prim and proper, wondering where the fish fork is at dinner.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• Feinstein, always prim and proper, at times seemed an odd icon of the leftist city.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• Those huge bug-eye shades, for instance, feel way more edgy and downtown compared to her prim-and-proper skirt.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025