Example Sentences

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I am cringing, literally, my entire body folding into itself.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

It's for your sake, dearest one, that I am cringing to luck in this way.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock