Wincing

Tom closed his eyes, wincing in pain.

My wife had always been a woman of a frank, open nature, and it gave me a chill to see her slinking into her own room, and crying out and wincing when her own husband spoke to her.

He can eat an entire lemon without wincing.

By a clear, sparkling stream he washed, wincing slightly from the shock of the too-cold water against his face.

poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats