Massimo combined staggering conceit, total ineptitude and a winsome, self-ingratiating charm which would have been hard to take in a toddler, never mind a beefy twenty-year-old.

He had almost been fooled by its winsome charm on a few occasions.

Kirkus Book Reviews noted that the book's "somewhat bombastic prose" was balanced by the heroes' "winsome charm."

"He tried to do it on the back of his own winsome charm," Mr. Smith said, "and he fell flat on his face."

Miss Hong is not (yet) that: her comic acting was just a little stiff, her projection of winsome charm just a little too rigid.

In the New York Daily News, Wanda Hale cited her "winsome charm which comes through despite a somewhat reactive role."

Well, these two beauties hadn't been invited for their winsome charm.

She had all the winsome charm of a barracuda, and it neatly canceled all the attractions of her face and figure.

The new album includes several simple love songs by Mr. Scott that have a winsome charm.

Graphically, the magazine breaks the mold, exuding the winsome charm of children's book illustrations.