How to Use winsome in a Sentence
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Take the time to meet new people, but do it in a way that is winsome and not overworked.
—William Vanderbloemen, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
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But don’t be fooled: the actress is more than just a winsome clothes hanger.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2018
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Proof that a little bit of humor is the most winsome attribute of all.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
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By then the winsome journeywoman had won over the crowd.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 Jan. 2014
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But there was a guilelessness about her that was winsome.
—Tim Funk, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
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Williams blends rom-com fun with more weighty topics in her winsome debut.
—Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2020
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Watson throws in a winsome footnote for any readers who might be thinking of the dance.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
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And winsome twinkles shine through the blackness throughout, thanks in no small part to Offutt’s keen ear and eye.
—New York Times, 23 May 2018
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In their place was a lightshow peppered by winsome children filled with song, and most of the pageantry that followed took on a snowflake theme.
—Amy Bass, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
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Mendez has this winsome smile that her Mary seems to hold on to even when someone is delivering her the worst of news.
—Vulture, 12 Dec. 2022
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Winfrey is smiling and winsome, with just a few strands of gray hair to acknowledge the passage of time.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
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There aren’t a ton of ideas in Bottoms aside from testing the limits of raunch, but Sennott and Edebiri do make a winsome pair.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
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The winsome charm of Elizabeth Ito’s City of Ghosts lies in its simple premise: to commune with haunting specters is not a scary prospect.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022
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With her string of pearls and winsome smile, the lifelong outsider became a national icon.
—WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
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This winsome tale of unrequited love and coming-of-age is perfect for teens and young adults.
—Meg Walters, EW.com, 28 July 2022
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Halfway through the service, the Rev. Juan de la Cruz Turcios bounded out from behind the lectern with a sheet of paper in his hand and a winsome smile on his face.
—Washington Post, 18 June 2021
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At the start of the film, Bosco is a happy idiot, with a winsome smile and an open manner that are really engaging.
—Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2017
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The concept is refreshingly simple: A pair of winsome pub-flies banter about their lives and the world beyond their barstools in Dublin.
—oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
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These veiled emotions are most apparent here in his portraits of winsome youths.
—Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2017
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Jimmy Fallon wrote it for his daughters; the end result is a witty, winsome yarn about a father's wildest dream.
—Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
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Still, Landline is winsome and clever, a very Sundance-y Sundance film that isn’t cloying or precious.
—Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com, 21 Jan. 2017
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The Mar Mattai monastery clings to the side of a steep mountain, and on a clear day a visitor can stand against its fortresslike walls and discern far below the winsome farmlands of Upper Mesopotamia.
—Tim Neville, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
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Now 37% Off Jimmy Fallon wrote this funny book for his daughters, and the end result is a witty, winsome yarn about a father's wildest dream.
—goodhousekeeping.com, 6 May 2023
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Ivan, named after Ivanhoe and played by a winsome Natey Jones, comes to Kingston with a dream of making it in the music industry, but falls into petty crime along the way.
—Vulture, 15 Mar. 2023
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Cecilie Bahnsen does a winsome shirt dress with a high neck in the softest shade of baby pink that’s just asking to be matched with cute cropped leggings or even a pair of bicycle shorts.
—Vogue, 17 Apr. 2019
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Fellow yogi Kelly and I were paired with Reynaldo, a winsome young local guy who led us through the footwork.
—Simon Peter Groebner, Philly.com, 20 Sep. 2017
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The story — funny, winsome and touching — only gets better from there.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
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At Cath Kidston, where winsome London prints are always the cup of tea, 7.50 will buy a bone china mug printed with those red London buses.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2017
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For a mountain that’s had its top blown off, the old Martiki coal mine is looking especially winsome these days.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
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And that goes for all those winsome young TikTokers who have made Stanley cups such a hot accessory that people are storming Target the minute a new color comes out.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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