Wince
//wɪns//
"Wince" in a Sentence (6 examples)
You don't have to wince like that. I'll fix it so it doesn't hurt.
Meanwhile, house parties and bar nights in college towns across the country are sparking outbreaks that make public health officials wince.
I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word.
“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.
A horse winces.
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