cringed

And in the season finale, I cringed so hard that tears finally came out.

When my British husband insisted that what he truly wanted for his birthday was to see a Monster Jam Truck show, I cringed inside.

Democrats who saw it cringed, Republicans were stunned, and nobody else noticed.

I cringed when one actually screamed at me: "How can beggars be choosers?"

But many among the Conservative old guard cringed at its “feminine” sounding message.

He hated scenes and tiresome debates as he hated people who cringed and sidled before him.

She cringed at the thought, for what was she that a man should die in her service?

“None of us cringed, unless it was you,” Ato retorted angrily.

Madge cringed as a vivid flash of lightning zigzagged across the sky to illuminate an ugly mass of dark clouds.

He cringed from the thought, although he knew that there was little to fear if he linked himself to the ship.