Explore Winkle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like periwinkle or twinkle. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Winkle meaning
- A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
Synonyms of Winkle
Using Winkle
- The main meaning on this page is: A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. | Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica. | The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
- Useful related words include: periwinkle, twinkle, bring out, winkle out.
- In the example corpus, winkle often appears in combinations such as: van winkle, and winkle, winkle in.
Context around Winkle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Winkle
- In this selection, "winkle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, van, tiggy, dairy, real, site and eatery stand out and add context to how "winkle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include crab and winkle eatery in and dairy winkle site of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "winkle" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with winkle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dairy Winkle site of Wednesday morning blaze. (7 words)
Venessa Van Winkle is owner of Van Winkle Real Estate Group based in Weatherford, Texas. (15 words)
Six bottles of Pappy signed exclusively by Julian Van Winkle III for this year’s auction. (16 words)
Just before his career as a top 40 rapper flew off a cliff (and later was resurrected thanks to reality TV), Robert “Vanilla Ice” Van Winkle was paid a lot of money to write and perform “Ninja Rap” in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. (46 words)
Carville made a reference to the bottle of bourbon seen on a table behind him, a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve, a highly-sought-after brand that is regarded as one of the finest bourbons in the world. (41 words)
According to a sworn affidavit from Essex police Detective Nick Van Winkle, the two had communicated online for about a month prior to the incident, discussing plans to run away and even visiting the webpage 1800runaway. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Venessa Van Winkle is owner of Van Winkle Real Estate Group based in Weatherford, Texas.
Dairy Winkle site of Wednesday morning blaze.
Sen. Kevin Van Winkle, a Douglas County Republican and a co-sponsor of the bill, said the goal isn’t to punish hospitals, but to identify which ones need help and support them in complying.
Whitstable Fish Market and the Crab and Winkle eatery in the town’s harbour was destroyed by a blaze last May, after flames spread into the building from a neighbouring cockle shed.
Even in Louisville, the epicenter of bourbon, buying a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle at retail is nearly impossible without winning a lottery.
Six bottles of Pappy signed exclusively by Julian Van Winkle III for this year’s auction.
The Trojans’ fours Grace Seits and freshman Ashley Pater lost the opener 24-26 to the Bruins’ Jaden Whitmarsh and Tessa Van Winkle.
To Dermot and Jimmy O Sullivan and their extended families on the passing of their sister Noreen Winkle Dromagh.
Carville made a reference to the bottle of bourbon seen on a table behind him, a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve, a highly-sought-after brand that is regarded as one of the finest bourbons in the world.
Every suicide has wide-reaching impacts on families, friends, peers, the broader military community and the nation as a whole," said Elizabeth Van Winkle, executive director of the Office of Force Resiliency.
Here it’s a folk tale, a Scottish riff on Rip Van Winkle with some portentous observations about loss and time.
In the caption of the graphic, Kate addressed Vanilla Ice by his real name — Robert Matthew Van Winkle — in her request for him to fix the mess that 2020 had become.
Maida, “a fun and quirky lady” according to Simon, opened Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s in 1977, selling antique toys.
However, Giantsopoulos and Winkle headed overseas, because that’s where the best opportunities could be found.
Just before his career as a top 40 rapper flew off a cliff (and later was resurrected thanks to reality TV), Robert “Vanilla Ice” Van Winkle was paid a lot of money to write and perform “Ninja Rap” in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.
Miss Winkle said: “Understandably, they weren’t sure what to expect and when they started it was a bit of novelty.
The same Trudy Rubin who’s thanking Romney today was mocking him for calling Russia America’s biggest geopolitical foe (“Romney’s foreign affairs statements have a Rip Van Winkle quality”).
Trump’s theory begins with a truth: in 2016 Biden withheld $1bn in loan guarantees from Ukraine in order to winkle out its then chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.
According to a sworn affidavit from Essex police Detective Nick Van Winkle, the two had communicated online for about a month prior to the incident, discussing plans to run away and even visiting the webpage 1800runaway.
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) created many beloved children’s characters, including Peter Rabbit, Miss Moppet, Squirrel Nutkin, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
Common combinations with winkle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- van winkle 18×
- and winkle 2×
- winkle in 2×
- winkle said 2×