wince
Example Sentences
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As Nancy spoke, it was hard to avoid wincing and wincing and wincing again.
From BBC
I grab my head, wincing—that really hurt—and turn to see Ms. Wilson grabbing Gene by the arm.
From Literature
City fans will wince remembering the end of 2023-24, when a late loss at home to Arsenal saw the title slip form their grasp into Chelsea's hands.
From BBC
Tina Brown called American Canto “absurdly pretentious,” wincing at its repeated invocations of Joan Didion’s unsettling Santa Ana winds.
One of the behind-the-scenes details of that was Hasselbeck winced in pain every time he used his left hand to put the football in Lynch’s belly.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
