Example Sentences

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Is it more like winkles, or like snails, or any of the other two dozen options, from kelp to cuttlefish?

From The Guardian • May 23, 2018

The surface of the lake winkles in a mirrorflake curl, approaching them fast, and when the gust causing the cat's paw hits them, the boat heels hard.

From The Verge • Aug. 29, 2015

Spiced winkles and scampi provençal are the novel touches, alongside a lot of solid cheffyness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012

The sands and rocks now are without a trace of tar, but the sea is practically devoid of plankton, which nourishes such underwater creatures as limpets and winkles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ben smiled at me, holding winkles in his hands, and the bishop’s wife asked me if I would stay to tea.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier