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Danielle Young wrote about the alleged encounters in an essay for The Root website, titled, “Don’t Let the Smile Fool You. I’m Cringing on the Inside.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2017

Dear Cringing, At least you have the self-awareness to recognize you were oblivious to the annoyance you were causing others when you let fly with your own mouth sounds around the office.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2014

On the Road, With Their Baggage Contrary to what the title and casting might suggest, the Barbra Streisand-Seth Rogen comedy, “The Guilt Trip,” is not “The Shrew and the Cringing Meatball.”

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2012

Cringing and crafty, Gollum is the rebellious servant, subverting Sam's selfless impulses, trying to twist allegiance of the pallid, ailing Frodo away from his friend.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cringing, I started to spit it out, but La Llorona coaxed me until I swallowed the rest of it down.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall