How to Use winsome in a Sentence

winsome

adjective
  • He had a winsome, boyish smile.
  • Williams blends rom-com fun with more weighty topics in her winsome debut.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Proof that a little bit of humor is the most winsome attribute of all.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Watson throws in a winsome footnote for any readers who might be thinking of the dance.
    — Christopher Tayler, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • These veiled emotions are most apparent here in his portraits of winsome youths.
    — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Aham, however, is a less winsome figure.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This winsome tale of unrequited love and coming-of-age is perfect for teens and young adults.
    — Meg Walters, EW.com, 28 July 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
  • With her string of pearls and winsome smile, the lifelong outsider became a national icon.
    — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The little girl who had been playing Annie was so beautiful and winsome.
    — Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The story — funny, winsome and touching — only gets better from there.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • With their plush fur and winsome eyes, the distant ape relatives are endearing creatures.
    — National Geographic, 26 Apr. 2016
  • Cleverbot veers from sounding like a winsome waif to coming across as a drunk, smart-alecky fifteen-year-old who talks in non sequiturs.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • That track is one example of how Lisa shines brightest in the moments when her sturdy, yet winsome singing takes center stage.
    — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Bale does make a reasonably winsome Frankenstein’s monster.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Both books are surprising, soulful, quick reads, starring winsome characters.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bottle openers are a fairly common gift, but not every bottle opener comes in the form of a winsome elephant from Georg Jensen.
    — Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • At least Tommy gets a love interest this time around, thanks to a winsome sheriff’s daughter (daddy issues in a franchise all about mommy issues?
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
  • For a fragrance trend, the winsome berry has staying power, both in fragrances and on the shelves of Erewhon, where a $19 berry is currently holding court.
    — Jenny Berg, Allure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But as the monogram double-F body stockings and winsome dresses of this final collection make clear, Lagerfeld was modern to the last.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2019

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