winsome

Example Sentences

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“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

And that goes for all those winsome young TikTokers who have made Stanley cups such a hot accessory that people are storming Target the minute a new color comes out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

The co-hosts of the YouTube cooking show “Hunger Pangs” and co-authors of “A Very Chinese Cookbook,” the Pangs are a winsome duo, but their relationship wasn’t always amicable.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 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