Example Sentences

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He was smart, winsomely geeky, and uncommonly kind, and he had a thing for brainy women.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

“You’re not getting anything,” he snaps at nine-year-old Brennan-Jobs when she asks winsomely if she can have his Porsche when he’s done.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2018

The script is tweaked for the Hub Theatre’s production in Fairfax, where Tia Shearer winsomely plays Dawkins and asks us to go along with the switch.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2017

Arbus was also winsomely charming, intuitively sympathetic and bracingly intelligent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2016

Dad shook hands with all the men, patted the children and smiled winsomely at the women.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou