cringe
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But many comments and shares called the video "cringe".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The results of a recent survey from wealth-management platform Betterment are making America’s financial advisers cringe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A: When I interview portfolio managers and ask them what they’ve been reading for fun, I always cringe when they recite a list of business books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He tried to get rid of something that still makes me cringe: Conan’s nipple dance.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
It took every bit of Ekon’s restraint not to cringe at the mention of Kamau.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
He drives a Ford pickup truck and cringes at needing a security detail, according to a person who knows him well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I was in the studio and Lois texted me, 'By the way, we forgot our anniversary'," he cringes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” served up a symphony of social disaster over the course of 12 seasons and almost 24 years on HBO, wringing cackles and cringes from the misadventures of the serially inappropriate Larry David.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Everyone I know in Seattle specifically cringes when they hear that and I understand that that is a very strange characteristic!
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
He cringes and shrugs, which scores a smile out of me.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Like almost every parent, I cringed whenever my child or another player headed the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Every time Roberts stepped to the plate, Aurilia cringed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
“Daddy’s home,” someone said, and a nation cringed.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
The lead lawyer for Google "visibly cringed" when the specific share of ad revenue sent to Apple was revealed, according to Bloomberg.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
Nearby, the yellow dog cringed and tried to slink away from Old Tallow’s glare.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
“If you’re cringing about writing one performance review, imagine your manager who has to write 15 of them,” says executive coach Sabina Nawaz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Reading through these items, I confess, I had a difficult time not cringing.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2023
But, while feeling less alone with your Face Hate might take the edge off, you still may be cringing at your reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
It’s the kind of achievement that the theater world likes to applaud, while perhaps also cringing at the fact that it has taken this long.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Flipping through magazines, cringing at kitten heels, even though those were the only ones I ever had a shot of wearing in Bev Jones's house.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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