wink

Example Sentences

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"My heart was in the pit of my stomach. I did not sleep a wink that entire evening. I felt physically sick," Olde says.

From BBC

It falls awkwardly between an ink-black comedy, in which everyone is wicked so murder can be treated with a wink, and a plucky, grounded story of an eager youth making steady progress.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Everyone else locked hands. @ChatGPTapp and @claudeai kept it strictly professional," he said on X along with a winking face emoji.

From Barron's

And by acting on his instincts—with Paramount’s backing—he created a clutch of movies still celebrated for their wit, charm, winking innuendo and sophistication.

From The Wall Street Journal

Matthew Patrick Davis accentuates with a wink the callowness of Joseph II, an emperor who perhaps sees in Mozart a reflection of his own stunted nature.

From Los Angeles Times