Sentence examples for had a wink from inspiring English sources
By 7am I had not had a wink of sleep – disrupted or otherwise.
No American interrogator will any longer be able to claim that he had a wink and a nod from higher-ups to use torture.
Apologies but, as The Mail on Sunday reported, "There were growing concerns yesterday about Jeremy Clarkson's state of mind," and truth be told I haven't had a wink for fretting about him.
This year he thought he had a wink and a nod when culture officials, while refusing to issue the legally required approval, offered the pesky promoter an olive branch: "We won't criticize you, but keep it quiet and don't make it a big deal," they said.
With music and lyrics by Carol Hall and choreography by Tommy Tune, the show, which opened on Broadway in 1978, had a winking, naughty spirit that caught on, and in spite of less than stellar reviews, ran for four years, more than 1,500 performances.
She had to have a wink in her eye, or the audience would not be able to come to her, or me playing her".
No one should have a wink and a nod from a prospective justice suggesting he or she has an "in". No judge should get on the court because he or she is a rigid ideologue immune to persuasion.
"What I love about what Lego let us do is that they let us have a wink at themselves," said producer Lin.
While serving a purpose in aiding an already-authored story, Coye was also making personal artwork that, to me, always has a wink of pointing at the grand absurdity of human existence to it.
Flandez, Pardue and Mike Hale of the New York Times all felt that it was inappropriate for New Directions to interrupt the deaf choir's performance of "Imagine", however Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle opined that reviewers needed to "realize that this show takes its jabs at everyone, but it always has a wink and a hug and lots and lots of love behind it".
