pinks 1 of 2

plural of pink

pinks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pink

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pinks
Noun
Custom mats and tiles of greens, blues and pinks are set on tables with four chairs. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026 The collection certainly taps into the trend for colored denim, offering offers sandy neutrals, frosted greys, soft pinks, marbled textures and vintage tints with brown and green tones. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026 With summer comes the typical explosion of blooms and colors in the garden, from bright pinks and poppy reds to delicate purples and electric blues. Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026 Teal is coming out on top, with its mesmerizing mix of sea-blue and green undertones, as well as flamingo pinks flecked with iridescent shimmer particles. Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Flowers in shades of gentle pinks and purples have an enduring appeal and can make just as much of an impact as bolder colors. Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2026 Fill your pots of pinks with well-draining and slightly alkaline soil, and set them in a spot that gets at least six hours of full sun per day to flourish. The Spruce, 11 July 2026 Being in vacation mode also ushers in a more carefree attitude because there’s something magical about summer activities like catching lightning bugs and watching the blazing oranges and pinks of a setting sun dip below the horizon. Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026 Auralee, Celine and Dries Van Noten showed full tonal looks in blues, pinks, and soft yellows. Christina Holevas, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinks
Noun
  • His hitting metrics are all career bests, and he’s headed for his fourth consecutive season of 20-plus homers.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Atwell, the 26-year-old five-year veteran, has modest career bests of 67 receptions (2023), 562 yards (2024), and three touchdowns (2023).
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • In the heat of the moment, Voit’s daughter comes to his rescue and fatally stabs Crowley.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
  • In the first five minutes, her Judith stabs a man at a party, escapes on skis and celebrates a job well done by bedding a besotted hottie.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Pretty early on Europeans became obsessed with skin whitening creams—again, problematic—many of which contained really, really harmful ingredients, also problematic, like lead and mercury.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Don’t use scouring powders or abrasive creams, or rust removers.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Here are our jazz critic’s picks for the top 8 musical acts to catch.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Goldman Sachs has updated its top European stock picks for August, giving two companies a standout upside of more than 100%, including one as high as 168%.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Surrounded by flowers and nature with butterflies flying everywhere.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout history, artisans painted classic Dutch scenes of farms, ships, flowers, people, and landscapes directly onto the tiles.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That’s because when a snake bites and punctures the skin and transfers venom into the victim’s body, the venom attacks the skin, soft tissue and connective tissue beneath it.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • If a foreign object punctures the tread or sidewall, your tire can deflate slowly or quickly, depending on the puncture.
    Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Under the Assad regime, the parliament functioned as a ceremonial fig leaf that served political elites and passed laws that stripped ordinary Syrians of their basic rights.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Haley Stevens says criticism comes from coastal elites In the viral TMZ video posted July 22, Stevens was stopped by Jacob Wasserman, a member of the gossip brigade's new team in Washington.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The standout episode—the conversion history of Kendra, a Black striver married to the Schwoopers’ daughter, Shira—sticks its landing, enabling the viewer to see faith as a refuge, not a cage.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Otherwise, Kail sticks closely to the template established for him, recreating every scene and sequence from the first movie with ruthless fidelity and adding essentially no departures of any significance.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026

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