cinch
noun
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
cinches
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present tense formof cinch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The glass tower — emerging from a cluster of angled columns — cinches inward at its waist, bulging outward again as it rises, like a figure leaning into a twirl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
“It goes over my entire face and cinches up, so just my nostrils are out,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
With this attention to detail, Hayden cinches his spot as a noteworthy figure in the lineage of American conceptualism.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
That cinches it: Jane is writing the show we know as Jane the Virgin.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2019
My bladder cinches, and I feel like I might pee my pants.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
