Example Sentences

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There are good reasons for that, thanks to the many hindsight analyses of ways Cosby may have winked at his alleged crimes through situations written in the show.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

Today, “Tequila Does” is part of a broader trend in recent years of popular country songs that have winked at Latino culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2021

If she could, I think she would have winked.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 11, 2019

"It must have winked at him," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2014

That solemn countenance never responded when he laughed, and stood coldly by when he was on fire; he might have winked for an eternity, and still the onlooker must have thought himself mistaken.

From Tommy and Grizel by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)