How to Use winsome in a Sentence

winsome

adjective

• He had a winsome, boyish smile.
• 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
• But don’t be fooled: the actress is more than just a winsome clothes hanger.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2018
• Proof that a little bit of humor is the most winsome attribute of all.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• By then the winsome journeywoman had won over the crowd.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 Jan. 2014
• But there was a guilelessness about her that was winsome.
  — Tim Funk, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
• Williams blends rom-com fun with more weighty topics in her winsome debut.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2020
• Watson throws in a winsome footnote for any readers who might be thinking of the dance.
  — Christopher Tayler, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• With her string of pearls and winsome smile, the lifelong outsider became a national icon.
  — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
• This winsome tale of unrequited love and coming-of-age is perfect for teens and young adults.
  — Meg Walters, EW.com, 28 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• These veiled emotions are most apparent here in his portraits of winsome youths.
  — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The story — funny, winsome and touching — only gets better from there.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024