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

Needing a spark, Francona turned in the dugout and simply winked at Dave Roberts, who hadn’t played in 10 days, to go in as a pinch-runner.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

On balance, Germany was not treated as a pariah: reparations terms were eased, disarmament violations were winked at and the country was admitted to the League of Nations in 1926.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 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 smiled through his reddish brown mustache and though I had too much dirt and blood in my eyes to see sharply, I thought for a slight moment he winked at me.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri