How to Use winged in a Sentence

winged

adjective
  • Simply put the ring on your finger and wait for your winged friends to flock to you.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Our winged shadow raced fathoms below on the floor of the dry lake.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The core element of the look was a winged eye, which combined with the clothes added to the overall eclecticism.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2022
  • All the clubs share the same clean look and are adorned with Bentley’s winged logo and flashes of Racing Green.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There are three species of vampire bat: common, white-winged and hairy-legged.
    Washington Post, 3 July 2021
  • His ire is drawn by a group of swift, winged perpetrators who have made their homes in the trees high above his.
    Ryan Maxin, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • Finish off the costume with a brown smokey eye and heavy winged eyeliner.
    Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Along with the bleached brows, Fox had a bright teal eyeshadow look that created a winged look.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Namor is a mutant with winged feet who rules the super secret sea kingdom of Talokan.
    Carrie Wittmer, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Namor was unique, being born with winged feet, pointed ears, and slowed aging.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Get to know the artist who sews her own clothes, learned to tightrope on the fly, loves a winged eyeliner, and most importantly, was well worth the wait.
    Caitlin Brody, Glamour, 20 July 2021
  • Cicadas are winged insects with red eyes that spend most of their lives underground, emerge to mate, and then die.
    Zach Tuggle, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
  • At the Hayden Woods in Lexington, a golden-winged warbler was found.
    BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • And who knew that the white-winged dove was this bird in Phoenix, or in Arizona, that made its home in the saguaro cactus, because it was protected in there?
    Tavi Gevinson, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Her makeup look was equally sultry with winged liner, rosy cheeks, and a nude lip.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 July 2023
  • Tiny, transparent sea angels that swish up and down the water column with winged strokes.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The L'Oréal Paris spokesperson also brought the drama with her bold eye makeup — a smokey cat eye achieved with dark black winged liner, teamed with a pink lip.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • Costumes to turn me into a spread-winged vampire bat, a king cobra, Papa Smurf.
    Sólveig Eva Magnúsdóttir, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • When that chrysalis cracks open, there is the colorful, winged creature that delights us so much—the butterfly.
    TIME, 27 Dec. 2023
  • To create the requisite winged shape, use a small, soft blending brush to pull out the shadow into a point that stops right under the end of your brows.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The shape, hinted at in the screenshot below, seems to be a stealthy, bat-winged, tailless design similar to the B-2 Spirit and B-21 Raider bombers.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Her winged eyeliner is just as sharp, but there’s a softness to her speech that tempers the spikiness.
    Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a Gucci silver satin velvet gown with winged sleeves and a red puffy cropped jacket from Dolce & Gabbana, too.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • Furry, scaly and winged friends at the Sacramento Zoo are welcoming a new neighbor this week.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Right underneath that winged liner, La' Pearl adhered a few gems in a cluster.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Wachtel added this to her boards in the trailer and would eventually be paired with a winged tour ensemble.
    Emma Fraser, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Henry loves spending time with his winged roommates and found that Finn and Daisy liked donning cute hats during their play dates.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Her makeup was just as bold with a black graphic liner that had several winged tips.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Maddy's winged eye shadow from the seventh episode of season two redefined how a winged eye beat should look.
    Sara Miranda, Allure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The winged feet might be a bit much, but the regal attire is spectacular, his hard-bodied naked torso adorned with shells and beads and gold and robes of kelp.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2022

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