He sent an ironic wink toward her column.

It was all done with great style and a broad ironic wink.

He tried an ironic wink, but the size of the man's face made irony impossible; he could only manage burlesque.

This perfectly constructed, perfectly artificial world admits no uncertainty, no ironic winks, no actorly self-consciousness.

Showcased in magazines, bruited among early adopters, Ikea suited the benign technocracy and ironic wink of the new economy.

The problem that arises from these passages lacking an ironic wink is of uncertainty.

The notion of having a homicidal vixen attracted to music that's synonymous with icky sweetness and light may be good for one ironic wink.

And though "Fear Factor" shares a self-consciously naughty tone with "Weakest Link," it doesn't even have Anne Robinson's ironic wink.

The SecState looked over at his ambassador--they'd been friends for years--and caught the ironic wink.

But the couple are more madcap than menacing, having developed their nouveau "Wild One" muse with an ironic wink.