Example Sentences

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It was as if Mitchell were winking at his fans.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020

Trillions of light particles were striking the black disk, and virtually none were winking back up again.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2019

The colourful bursts of weapon fire were winking out.

From Nature • Apr. 28, 2015

It was as if the Score were winking at their audience, saying: music sounded like that then – just three years earlier! – but this is what it sounds like now.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014

Sometimes, if Cora turned her head fast, it looked as if the thing were winking at her.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead