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Main Entry:
cringe
[
krinj
]
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krɪndʒ
/
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Main Entry:
cringe
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Example Sentences
If you're a believer, you might cringe at this sort of scientific question.
You've seen news footage of the devastation caused by major oil spills, and you cringe every time you change your oil.
He also clued us in to what makes him cringe and the one thing that all watchers of the wireless world ought to support.
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If you're a believer, you might cringe at this sort of scientific question.
You've seen news footage of the devastation caused by major oil spills, and you cringe every time you change your oil.
He also clued us in to what makes him cringe and the one thing that all watchers of the wireless world ought to support.
Some serious photographers might cringe at being called amateurs.
The golf purist who remains loyal to persimmon wood may cringe at what technology has wrought: a solid-plastic club head.
The mere thought of all the time wasted on this makes me cringe.
It looks incredibly fun, even though the high wipeout factor makes me cringe.
It is more likely to have made investors cringe than reach for their wallets.
Ordinarily such a lopsided comparison would make me cringe and conclude that it was aimed at the gullible.
Many major commercial sites cringe when security researchers find a hole.
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