Example Sentences

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“We are cringing, as it could result in changes across our menus,” Ms. Hallman said.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Even some liberal economists are cringing a bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

And in an insult that sounds like it could have come straight from Exotic's lips, the pamphlet added that even Bailey's "performing lions are cringing, crawling, sneaking frauds."

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

If you are cringing at all of this, you aren’t alone.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2017

"There are a lot of men who are cringing through life to-day because their women did not love them enough to cheer them on to fight in the Great Fight."

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker