wink
verb (used without object)
to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly meaning (often followed byat ).
has winked
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present perfectof wink (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Actually, in recent weeks, Bourguiba has spent much time in Paris, and the French government has winked at it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The students point out that Yale has winked at off-campus housing for Orthodox pupils in the past as long as they paid their room and board, now $6,850.
From Time Magazine Archive
The worthy lady has winked so hard at her dutiful sons, that she's nearly blind with winking.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by George MacDonald
Sable night, which, since the beginning of the world, has winked and looked on at so many deeds of iniquity—night is the time usually selected for their operations by man-of-war gamblers.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
She has winked at a lot of things, and a great many more have happened of late about which no one has ever thought.
From On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Mildred Aldrich
