winks (out)

present tense third-person singular of wink (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for winks (out)
Verb
  • Chernow’s Hamilton ends there; widowed Eliza gets a scant nine pages.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The fight for justice never ends as Benson and her squad provide a tireless voice for the voiceless.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So grab a plate, settle in, and let these films take you back to the yard—where the music never stops, the bonds run deep, and every Homecoming feels like family coming home again.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
  • More than 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed, which stops them from reporting to work.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The monetary policy comments came shortly after a CNBC report that Waller is one of five finalists to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell when his term expires in May 2026.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Berman, whose initial four-year deal expires after this season, was asked last month about the status of her contract negotiations.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Havel, this usefulness is so successful, so total, that the story, the history, ceases to exist.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If an airport ceases service for more than six hours, you may be reimbursed for non-refundable expenses like flights, hotels, prepaid tours, and change fees.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The star will have been on the road for more than a year by the time the trek concludes in December with three shows in Mexico City.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Major league free agents aren't eligible to sign with new teams until five days after the World Series concludes.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For one day only, vehicle traffic halts on the 3,031-foot-long bridge and pedestrians stream across.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The best-cooling cases often reach that mark by spinning up their fans to annoyingly noisy levels, but the MasterFrame 600 halts that trend by having the third-quietest (or fourth-noisiest) sound pressure level of our test lot.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Winks (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winks%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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