cringe
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The Canadian comedian, writer and producer Fielder is famous for harnessing the power of awkwardness, cringe and deadpan wit to great, if unsettling, comedic effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fielder, whose brand of cringe comedy blurs the line between fiction and reality in “Nathan for You” and “The Rehearsal,” is making the jump from TV to his feature directorial debut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
I cringe and sit down across from Zack.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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
I'm a loving person who cringes at everything associated with February 14, a fan of democracy who wants to hide every time July 4 rolls around and a very grateful individual who actively dislikes Thanksgiving.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
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
As we showered afterward, I cringed when my hair came away in our hands.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
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
As a nurse attending births in the 1980s, Sojobi said, she cringed when she observed patients being hustled to the operating room if they hadn’t given birth by a set time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
But him being known as a poor shot with tobacco juice, I reckon Mama cringed, because he said, “Jest a minute, folks,” and went outside to spit over the banisters.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"Every time I see it, I'm cringing, I'm in disbelief," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Anyone beyond the land of candlepin bowling and cringing at red clam chowder thought they had a better shot at finishing at the bottom of the standings than reaching the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
These lies are so dumb and easy to disprove that the onetime criminal defense attorney in me is cringing.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2024
Even some liberal economists are cringing a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
I am cringing, literally, my entire body folding into itself.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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