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winsome

[win-suhm] / ˈwɪn səm /


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Unlike Colossus, it wouldn’t be scary but winsome.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

“Ike understood something that Patton may have temporarily forgotten,” Mauldin told me, with that winsome smile that lit up every room he entered.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Like Camille and her winsome wooden chair, it’s easy to see something striking and convince ourselves that having it will change our lives and make everything easier.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Eden is a complicated mix of independence — she runs her own seemingly thriving business — and winsome but deep-seated neediness.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2024

“Mommy,” she said, in that willful, winsome, half-whine of hers, triumphantly smiling at having caught her parents in an intimate pose, “the spiders are still crawling all around.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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