Sentence examples for wink at it from inspiring English sources

In the banter between the women, Mamet's idiom swings between the archaic and the contemporary; it allows him at once to use his huge vocabulary and to wink at it.

He stands apart from the hard-scrabble world of the lower classes, facing the reader, explaining it, winking at it all.

"The original story is quite clever for its time, because he takes the fairy tale and slightly winks at it, and in quite a feminist way," he said of McDonald's work.

Winking at Russian behavior which should not be winked at — it should be called to account".

Of course there's no camp, there's no winking at it, which would be easy to do.

It's easier, obviously, because you get to go broad and big, but there are times when it's hard, only because you can [end up] going so broad that you're "winking" at it.

Amy has a commitment to never, ever getting above the character; she totally embodies the character, never winks at it, and in a way respects the awful character that she's playing.

Maybe 30 Rock could stay fresh, if it winked at its largely online audience with some pop-up playtime.

The Bamboo Bar is the most touristy bar in the city, so touristy that it seems to wink at itself, so it is also the most colonial".

Don't wink at anyone who it will be inappropriate to wink at such as your teacher or a political leader.

At present, importing temporary workers is so difficult and expensive that most bosses find it easier to wink at illegality.Americans have made it clear over the past year that they want the federal government to do something about illegal immigration.