wincing

Example Sentences

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Exhaustion was setting in, but the deodorant I’d packed needed to be replaced, so I found myself roaming the body care aisles, wincing under the fluorescent lights as my patience rapidly grew thinner.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Italy suffered a blow when Madsen fell awkwardly while trying to stop a boundary in the fourth over and went off the field wincing in pain with what looked like a dislocated shoulder.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Tina Brown called American Canto “absurdly pretentious,” wincing at its repeated invocations of Joan Didion’s unsettling Santa Ana winds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

At various times, he was holding his limp arm and wincing on the sideline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

I ask, before wincing at the strength of her grip.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer