cringe
verb (used without object)
to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: They cringed and bowed before the king.
has cringed
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present perfectof cringe (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Shelley Channel, who owns the Shell station in the Mono County hamlet of Lee Vining, said he has cringed over his own prices in recent weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
There have been times, says a Nixon adviser, "when the President has cringed at Agnew's choice of words," but in general Nixon thinks of him as a "gutsy guy."
From Time Magazine Archive
The beast, ever docile and submissive, has cringed at his feet, fawned to his touch, and licked the hand that snatched away the half-devoured morsel.
From The Witch of Prague by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
