Definition of unwinking in English:
unwinking
adjectiveʌnˈwɪŋkɪŋˌənˈwɪŋkɪŋ
(of a person's eyes or gaze, or a light) steady; unwavering.
the lights shone unwinking in the still air
Example sentencesExamples
- When I stared down into it, it returned an unwinking reflection of my own eye.
- He clenched his teeth and set an unwinking snake stare on the guest.
- This illuminates the scene and pins humanity, as upon a dissecting table, under the unwinking light of an unshaded bulb.
Derivatives
adverb
They were great gleaming disks that stared unwinkingly, luminous, whitish, and without a hint of normal emotion or sanity.
Example sentencesExamples
- The loss, he explains unwinkingly, was outrageous: ‘It was merely because we were so shockingly superior that we were inevitably shockingly overconfident.’
- Perched on an exposed bough overhanging the water, he gazes unwinkingly at the water below.
- Greater than even this is his merit, if he at the same time pays attention to mindfulness, and remains unwinkingly vigilant.
- One is to be performed with a black curtain across the proscenium arch with holes cut in it so that the actors can shout their lines unwinkingly at the audience.
Rhymes
freethinking, shrinking, sinking, unblinking, unthinking
Definition of unwinking in US English:
unwinking
adjectiveˌənˈwiNGkiNGˌənˈwɪŋkɪŋ
(of a stare or a shining light) steady; unwavering.
the lights shone unwinking in the still air
Example sentencesExamples
- He clenched his teeth and set an unwinking snake stare on the guest.
- This illuminates the scene and pins humanity, as upon a dissecting table, under the unwinking light of an unshaded bulb.
- When I stared down into it, it returned an unwinking reflection of my own eye.