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[win-suhm] / ˈwɪn səm /


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Unlike Colossus, it wouldn’t be scary but winsome.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Like Camille and her winsome wooden chair, it’s easy to see something striking and convince ourselves that having it will change our lives and make everything easier.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Eden is a complicated mix of independence — she runs her own seemingly thriving business — and winsome but deep-seated neediness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024

In Gershwin’s original, as well as countless covers, it has a winsome, beautiful lullaby quality.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

“Mommy,” she said, in that willful, winsome, half-whine of hers, triumphantly smiling at having caught her parents in an intimate pose, “the spiders are still crawling all around.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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