Sentence examples for wink away from inspiring English sources

Although they have used their considerable charm to wink away direct admission, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have hinted at or confessed to personal sins.

(This slip into the ironic abyss, too, is just a wink away from comedy).

At its worst, it sashays straight into an argument about "public health" - only a nod and a wink away from arguing that these migrant women are filthy.

Many were up for reëlection last November, and the two hundred thousand Veterans of World War I had two advantages over the fifty million poor: They were organized, and they had a patriotic appeal only a wink away from the demagogic.

At times AC/DC's set was so thick that it seemed one knowing wink away from Spinal Tap.

Far from being "largely hokum", or a biased perusal by a crony, liable to nudge-wink away any inaccuracies, a referee report can be about the harshest criticism you will ever face.

"Instead of just winking away into a black hole, they apparently can suffer these brilliant explosions that can be seen far across the universe.

The quippy shtick doesn't always work, because Clinton fails to grasp basic criticisms levelled at her from a populist perspective to a degree that can't be winked away.

"A number like 15% ice loss used for advertising the book is simply a killer mistake that cannot be winked away," said Jeffrey Kargel, a senior researcher at the University of Arizona.

She speaks no better — and no worse — than many of her crowd-pleasing male peers, dropping her g's, banishing "who" in favor of "that," issuing verbal blunders that linger just long enough to make their mark in the public mind before they're winked away in staged apologies.

The 'Click here to AGREE' button might as well have a giant cartoon arrow winking away on it.