pinching
Example Sentences
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“We kept pinching him and telling him, ‘You’re here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“And now, here we are. We’re just pinching ourselves and asking, ‘Is it real?'”
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
King Charles must be pinching himself at the moment.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
On top of a sudden CEO departure in February, HP has been dealing with the rising cost of memory pinching margins.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
It was not big nor red, like poor ‘Petrea’s’, it was only rather flat, and all the pinching in the world could not give it an aristocratic point.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
