Example Sentences

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The zig-zag of that famous yellow shirt winkingly graces a crescent baguette, while the black stripes of Linus’s red red shirt wrap around a slouchy shoulder bag.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Sometimes he winkingly refers to the fraud allegations against him.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2024

And as for Mary’s displeasure at Chase for “chasing cinema,” it reminds me of just how much “The Sopranos” winkingly dealt with its own inescapable cinematic legacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021

So is the recent “NDA,” which winkingly hints at off-the-radar romances who have to sign non-disclosure agreements and recaps a bunch of the album’s other songs in its second verse.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2021

And teen-age kids from Milagro who boxed down in the Chamisaville High School always winkingly attributed their victories to the fact that they had had El Brazo Onofre in their corner.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols