Example Sentences

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“This guy is winking at me. At least you’re confident,” she laughed as she clambered over the railing to sing directly to the dude, who said his name was Toby.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

No one is winking or making fun, despite the fact that this father and son are extolling the beauty of the morning while inside a sunless bunker six miles underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Perhaps Ms. Monáe is winking, trying to camouflage herself with this song, which sounds as if it was written for Beyoncé’s last album — or worse, immediately in its wake.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2015

When I get there, the sunset is winking off the glass towers of HSBC, Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Barclays.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

Far off, where meadows kiss the stream,   A golden light is winking: Upon the waves its soft rays gleam,   From crest to hollow sinking.

From Fleurs De Lys, and Other Poems by Weir, Arthur