winked at

Example Sentences

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This left Davies mock-floundering next to her, before she winked at the camera and grinned.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

There are good reasons for that, thanks to the many hindsight analyses of ways Cosby may have winked at his alleged crimes through situations written in the show.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

Schonely recalled in an interview last year that Jim Barnett, a former Oregon player who was one of the original Blazers, winked at him before taking a shot just steps inside the midcourt line.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2023

A month after leading the Rams to a Super Bowl title, Stafford winked at the camera during an omnipresent cellphone company commercial and delivered the line “Life changing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2023

He handed me a huge bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream, winked at me, and slipped back out.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya