the wink
Example Sentences
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Check out the wink to his craft when he brags about having “infinite flows.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023
I never expected “Star Wars” to actually touch on the link between capitalism and authoritarianism beyond the wink we got in the prequels or how rebellions may feed on ideals but cost actual money.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
But the wink of the title was his most effective gambit, a way of linking his insouciance to Madonna’s.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
Jones told reporters during a press conference that the wink came after Roberts, who spent four seasons with the Patriots before signing with Dolphins in 2020, actually called the snap.
From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2021
More than once since arriving in America, I had followed a man in the crowd, drawn by my father’s familiar gait or the wink of sunlight across his gold-rimmed spectacles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
