He went around from time to time with a broad grin on his face, and had a knowing wink for all of his friends whenever he chanced to meet them.
Spike and Cooper, getting the winkfrom Billy, and seeing how Alec frowned as he followed Hugh's form around, seemed to understand how the matter lay.
Ivery moment av the last four-an'-twenty hours I've slept at attintion with me boots on and nary a wink on me!
Just at this present, sorr, the howly man has got his teeth well into the Evil Wan, but he tipped me the wink he'd find our man the moment he darst let go.
Wink at~, Connive at, pretend not to see, shut one's eyes to.
We men of the world must wink pretty hard at various things, and get used to a deal that isn't the exact thing.
Why, I shouldn't sleep a wink for a week, if I had a batch of pies like dem ar.
Bill Chambers, and afore you could wink a'most he was inside the house, 'aving first upset Smith and a pot o' beer in the doorway.
I had scarce looked for a second when I saw one o' them go up to the captain flourishing a knife, and before I could winkhe plunged it into his breast, while another yell, like the one that roused me, rang upon my ear.
After a few moments Peterkin became composed enough to sit still and listen to Jack's explanation, although he could not restrain himself from attempting to wink every two minutes at me in order to express his joy at Jack's safety.
To do him justice, Teddy kept beautifully cool (he says now he recognized me and my wink through the disguise, and knew he was safe) and answered nothing through his puffed mouth but Nong!
Friend o' mine, in the army,' ses the old man, with a wink at me.
He was in time to see a light wink out at an upper window of the two-story shack.
And if I remember rightly, he even winks at the boy with a wink whose full significance the boy does not learn till many years after when it dawns upon him that it meant: "You got to make allowances for 'em.
I'll not get a wink of sleep this blessed night unless you do.
The Buideach never slept a wink all that night but thinking of the Tinker and the Black Donkey.
Mulruana went to lie down after that, but, if he did, he never slept a wink through great trouble of spirit.
He never slept a wink that night, and he never said a word of his prayers either, but eagerly thinking[17] of the young woman, and his heart going astray with the beauty of her form and the sweetness of her voice.
And with a comical wink toward the mother, he added: "This is a delicate matter, mother.
And with a wink to the mother, he said with a jovial gleam in his eyes: "You can't drain the blue blood out of a person even with a pump!
His runners or policemen took advantage of the situation to earn a little extra money by receiving bribes from the owners of gambling houses, and to wink at the trade that was being carried on by them.
It’s safe to say she hasn’t slept a winksince we’ve been gone.
No, of course he isn’t seasick,” said Bobby, with a wink at Fred.
A native might wink the other eye if his own flesh and blood did a bit of free trading in spirits and tobacco, and only run with his "two left legs" after a culprit related to himself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wink" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
