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Meanings of winkle in English
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Examples for "flash"
Examples for "flash"
1
Water flowing underground News flash: scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
2
The Fiji Met Service said heavy rain may lead to flash flooding.
3
They were given a new sense of urgency after the flash crash.
4
I picked my way toward the point where I'd seen the flash.
5
In another flash of lightning, he saw clearly: the car was gone.
1
Cost me thirty dollars, he said with a wink, doubling the price.
2
Muzzle flashes wink in the distance: small arms, smaller range, negligible impact.
3
The brilliant sunlight in the courtyard made him wink faster than ever.
4
Sorry.' She gave a quick wink to Amelie before finishing her call.
5
But he had to content himself with the wink for the moment.
1
Most climbers don't have time to blink before they answer this question.
2
Objective: To study the normal value and clinical applications of blink reflex.
3
For the way governments work, it is a blink of an eye.
4
A breathless, blink-and-you'll-miss-it beginning had three goals inside the first 10 minutes.
5
She had to blink her eyes several times to clear her vision.
1
For an instant the twinkle in the keen blue eyes upset her.
2
Then as they looked a twinkle appeared in the eye of each.
3
There was more than the hint of a twinkle in his eyes.
4
I identify certain stars and watch how they twinkle in the night.
5
The twinkle in his face showed her plainly what he was thinking.
1
The ornate furnishings gleamed under the resplendent chandeliers, making the environment scintillate.
2
And they shone steadily: they did not scintillate, they were calmly glorious.
3
They did not scintillate, but rather glistened with a steady greenish lustre.
4
His visions scintillate on the walls, alive with generosity and spirit.
5
Nothing could be more agreeable than to scintillate for them both.
Usage of winkle in English
1
Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills.
2
I will winkle out the secrets of this maze in no time!
3
I had to winkle out this information from many different sources.
4
In an almost comic few moments Kildare managed to winkle the ball clear.
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Like we needed a survey to winkle out such groundbreaking news.
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If he stayed, she would winkle his deepest thoughts from him.
7
THEN Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea-a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.
8
It's why Mrs. Tiggy-winkle was so good at moving across.
9
I recognized Emperor Zhark and a large hedgepig that could only be Mrs. Tiggy-winkle.
10
See if you can winkle it out of him, Peabody.
11
Then winkle them out of their pyramids on some pretext.
12
She'd winkle it out, and then where would you be?
13
It took some time to winkle the details out of Jamie-andno wonder, Ian thought.
14
Ned wished he were here now, to winkle the truth out of this damnable book.
15
She's been exhausting me, trying to winkle school memories out of me for that play.
16
If it's bugging you, you can winkle it out of Lydecker when we get back.
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Translations for winkle
Winkle through the time