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wink at
1. She wasn't entirely sure, but Emily thought she saw a tiny yellow eye wink at her
2. who was doing a fair impression of a wry grin and slid a sly wink at Nathan
3. What is it about an affable scoundrel that makes us wink at improprieties or worse, legal transgressions? I‘m referring, of course, to our own President William Jefferson Clinton who, along with the First Lady, have offered us Whitewater, Madison Savings and Loan, Rose Law Firm, Cattle Options, Travelgate, Filegate, Loral Communications, Buddhist Temple Fundraisers, (the) Lincoln Bedroom, (the) mysterious ―suicide‖ of Vincent Foster, Sex Scandals and Arkansas Mafia for our consideration
4. “Yeah! I can’t wait,” I called back with a wink at Howard-Smythe
5. The Russian captain seated himself on the receptionist’s desk and said he would wait until Colling returned, a wink at Colling conveying his apparent intention to use the time to flirt with the pretty receptionist
6. 23 But you have mercy on all; for you can do all things, and wink at the sins of men, because they should amend
7. 7 Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to your neighbour, remember the covenant of the Highest, and wink at
8. aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness
9. 27 Yet even his own officers when they saw this joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power to aid in the present crisis and not wink at such overweening lawlessness
10. , Casey,” Sut drawled with a wink at the others
11. problem is, I don’t love them," Thanasi said with a smile and a wink at Zoe
12. actually chanced a slight wink at me as he followed the family, and with a tinkle of
13. But all it did was wink at them—jet black ink leaked out of its eye as it did so—and simply say, “Anchors away,” before dipping its bulbous head back underwater
14. ‘Even if that hadn’t happened, you had no way of moving them to the new city without them discovering it was safe to go outside,’ Nell said with a sly wink at red haired Job
15. The red stereo light seemed to wink at him, as though sharing a joke
16. ” Then with a wink at Louise he followed Sonya out
17. as he cast a side-glance to wink at Homer before he
18. Joey saw the instructor at the front wink at him
19. In Ottumwa, Iowa, it is illegal for any man, within the corporate city limits, to wink at any female with whom he is unacquainted
20. The stars would wink at me, and the moon would blanket me
21. The twinkling stars wink at us in the starry night I have a crush on you
22. “I told them about Bob making the switch with me, Jasmine,” Badger kept that stupid grin of his plastered across his face and he snuck a wink at me
23. The world is only too ready to wink at youthful sins
24. tossed a wink at McLean as she exited off of the stage
25. �Perhaps two extra brains may lead you to success, where one and a half previously failed,� she added with a sly wink at Rinard
26. “And wink at each other (in mockery) whenever they passed by them
27. She used to giggle and wink at him and say she couldn’t wait to have a tribe of her own
28. Rapunzel has her head held high and her eyes locked on the back of the accountant's head, and this leaves Eugene to grin at the children and wink at their mothers, who blush and pull their children back
29. neither life nor property was safe, and to wink at, if not
30. How could he wink at a time like this! It was an unimaginable amount of money to be paid for a slave girl, no matter how pretty she was
31. Dave did not see Smith wink at Whitton
32. She stifled a yawn and saw Leonid wink at her
33. And when they passed by them, they would wink at one another
34. I told them I intended by no means to encourage their tricks; but as the prisoner had never broken his fast since yesterday's dinner, I would wink at his cheating Mr
35. “Chuck, never wink at me again
36. when somebody dies belonged to them and wouldnt eat any breakfast or speak a word wanting to be petted so I thought I stood out enough for one time and let him he does it all wrong too thinking only of his own pleasure his tongue is too flat or I dont know what he forgets that wethen I dont Ill make him do it again if he doesnt mind himself and lock him down to sleep in the coalcellar with the blackbeetles I wonder was it her Josie off her head with my castoffs hes such a born liar too no hed never have the courage with a married woman thats why he wants me and Boylan though as for her Denis as she calls him that forlornlooking spectacle you couldnt call him a husband yes its some little bitch hes got in with even when I was with him with Milly at the College races that Hornblower with the childs bonnet on the top of his nob let us into by the back way he was throwing his sheeps eyes at those two doing skirt duty up and down I tried to wink at him first no use of course and thats the way his money goes this is the fruits of Mr Paddy Dignam yes they were all in great style at the grand funeral in the paper Boylan brought in if they saw a real officers funeral thatd be something reversed arms muffled drums the poor horse walking behind in black L Boom and Tom Kernan that drunken little barrelly man that bit his tongue off falling down the mens W C drunk in some place or other and Martin Cunningham and the two Dedaluses and Fanny MCoys husband white head of cabbage skinny thing with a turn in her eye trying to sing my songs shed want to be born all over again and her old green dress with the lowneck as she cant attract them any other way like dabbling on a rainy day I see it all now plainly and they call that friendship killing and then burying one another and they all with their wives and families at home more especially Jack Power keeping that barmaid he does of course his wife is always sick or going to be sick or just getting better of it and hes a goodlooking man still though hes getting a bit grey over the ears theyre a nice lot all of them well theyre not going to get my husband again into their clutches if I can help it making fun of him then behind his back I know well when he goes on with his idiotics because he has sense enough not to squander every penny piece he earns down their gullets and looks after his wife and family goodfornothings poor Paddy Dignam all the same Im sorry in a way for him what are his wife and 5 children going to do unless he was insured comical little teetotum always stuck up in some pub corner and her or her son waiting Bill Bailey wont you please come home her widows weeds wont improve her appearance theyre awfully becoming though if youre goodlooking what men wasnt he yes he was at the Glencree dinner and Ben Dollard base barreltone the night he borrowed the swallowtail to sing out of in Holles street squeezed and squashed into them and grinning all over his big Dolly face like a wellwhipped childs botty didnt he look a balmy ballocks sure enough that must have been a spectacle on the stage imagine paying 5/- in the preserved seats for that to see him trotting off in his trowlers and Simon Dedalus too he was always turning up half screwed singing the second verse first the old love is the new was one of his so sweetly sang the maiden on the hawthorn bough he was always on for flirtyfying too when I sang Maritana with him at Freddy Mayers private opera he had a delicious glorious voice Phoebe dearest goodbye sweetheart sweetheart he always sang it not like Bartell Darcy sweet tart goodbye of course he had the gift of the voice so there was no art in it all over you like a warm showerbath O Maritana wildwood flower we sang splendidly though it was a bit
37. Razumihin is sitting here, why does he see nothing? That innocent blockhead never does see anything! Feverish again! Did Porfiry wink at me just now? Of course it's nonsense! What could he wink for? Are they trying to upset my nerves or are they teasing me? Either it's ill fancy or they know! Even Zametov is rude
38. It came from the bedroom window, and a branch waved in front of it and made it wink at her
39. “Lancelot is so daft with Plans for his glorious Rebellion that he hardly remembers to eat a Bite of Food or sleep a Wink at Night,” Horatio declar’d
40. Thus Pyrates flourish only when they are allow’d to flourish, when Governments on Land wink at their Doings, pretending not to see
41. pointing with a significant wink at the dictionaries that were on the top
42. He did not see Quartermain wink at Bleak and jab him with his elbow
43. God in heaven, did or did not the thing wink at me? No, the babe's eyes are shut, I thought
44. ” Teece gave a vicious wink at his men on the hardware porch
45. “Besides, he’s a good-looking movie star,” he added with a wink at Peter
46. And yet, what could have happened? And why could he not write? Oh, it drives me half-mad to think of it, and I can’t sleep a wink at night
47. Not infrequently, too, he would wink at us and make secret signs when Grandmamma was beginning to scold us and find fault with us all round
48. The prosecutor looked significantly at the investigating lawyer, and had time to wink at him on the sly
49. Then the young men would wink at one another, and so indicating that they were in league together against Semyon Ivanovitch, would begin a conversation, at first strictly proper and decorous
50. Both parents and the government, in consequence of this view, may be said to wink at profligacy, and even in the last resource to encourage its practice
