How to Use wink at in a Sentence

wink at

phrasal verb

• Some of Wessels’ prints, too, seem to wink at the viewer.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• In one of the last photos, Jenner smiled and winked at the camera while standing with the ocean in the background.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• Rows of the plant lined the paved entrances of so many apartment buildings, shapes and colours winking at me from the sidewalk.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• Six small clasps that hold the iron pieces in the medals are a wink at the 2.5 million rivets that bind the Eiffel Tower together.
  — John Leicester, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Doctor winks at us and cues the closing musical number.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024
• But now, the drag artist, whose very name appears to be a wink at the name of longtime genre mainstay Amy Grant, is setting their sights on the Grammys.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
• The very first picture shows Palmer winking at the camera while her inky black hair cascades toward her chest.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 19 Oct. 2023
• Every room comes with a bulb of garlic nailed above the inside of the door, a wink at the infamous neck biter’s most acute food allergy.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• The play’s mechanics, too, include meta-theatrical winks at the genre.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• The video ends with Richards — this time for real — arriving at Wade’s house with a bouquet of flowers before Wade winks at the camera and shuts the door.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
• On the way out the door, Ethel turned, smiled, and winked at me, telling me thanks even though my efforts to set Fred straight were obviously unsuccessful.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
• Depp winked at the camera, which was beaming a close-up of his face onto giant screens in both the Lumière and the press screening happening next door.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
• Cattrall, 67, said before winking at the camera in one campaign video.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
• The flagship offering from Deep Ellum Spirits’ winks at the musician of the same name (see reason 76).
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• Each needs something from the other, and the whole movie is a wink at both American historical figures.
  — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 20 May 2024
• In one fun moment, Brown pops into the frame and makes a series of flirtatious winks at the camera as his embraces his boy-band heartthrob status.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
• In it, the singer aggressively winks at the camera, reminiscent of a pirate.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• The second photo includes a close-up shot of Vellani, 21, winking at Larson’s camera.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Some on the server got into arguments over whether the developers had intended to load the game with winks at Nazi culture or not.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2024
• On the lower level, full-height glass sliders open a lounge/art studio to a deck just above the water, and, upstairs, a large porthole over the kitchen sink winks at classic maritime design.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• Maybe this is writer-director Derek Estlin Purvis’ way of winking at the audience.
  — Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
• Daughter Weslie, 15, stood beside her mom, placing a hand on her 7-year-old brother Maddox's shoulder, who winked at the camera.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• Is the woman winking at the drummer between sips of her Chardonnay his mother, girlfriend or principal?
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Though, to be fair, neither Green nor Branagh appear interested in winking at the audience.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• In addition to winking at the reader, this passage helps to unlock a novelistic ethics.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
• The final scene shows Richards visiting Wade at home, bouquet of roses in hand, and Wade devilishly winking at the camera before shutting the door.
  — Jewly Hight, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Cocktails wink at the tropics of Vietnam with spirits made from sugar cane and agave, like rums and tequilas, blended with tropical fruits, such as hibiscus, pineapple and tamarind.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• James’s epigraph is a snapshot of songs from the notebook of Daniel Decatur Emmett, a founder of the first blackface minstrel troupe, a wink at how Jim will play his intelligence to survive amidst his white counterparts.
  — Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
• Even though the episode appeared to be winking at what happened to the baseball legend, Mattingly recorded his Simpsons role a month before his real-life benching occurred.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 June 2024
• Jeannie, dressed in balloon pants and a midriff-baring top, conjured a stereotype of a Middle Eastern woman and winked at the trope that women from that part of the world were hypersexualized and often part of a harem.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024