wink at
phrasal verb
winked at; winking at; winks at
: to pretend not to have seen or noticed (something) : to ignore
The city cops wink at the mayor's parking violations.
Examples of wink at in a Sentence
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The actual event would happen in Berlin, but these 15,000 or so ventured out aware that a chance at sports historic bedlam winked at them from up ahead on the horizon.
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Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Walk inside, and the powdery palette of sage and mint greens and barely-there pinks look like they were pulled straight from a case of macarons, while the wallpaper patterned with pigeons flying off with baguettes playfully winks at both NYC and Paris.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2024
The leaders of the powerful libertarian streak that runs through mainstream American conservatism, from Goldwater, through Reagan, down to the present, always seem to wink at the bigots.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The Bear, in fact, winks at this kind of discourse constantly.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
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Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Walk inside, and the powdery palette of sage and mint greens and barely-there pinks look like they were pulled straight from a case of macarons, while the wallpaper patterned with pigeons flying off with baguettes playfully winks at both NYC and Paris.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2024
The leaders of the powerful libertarian streak that runs through mainstream American conservatism, from Goldwater, through Reagan, down to the present, always seem to wink at the bigots.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The Bear, in fact, winks at this kind of discourse constantly.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
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“Wink at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wink%20at. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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