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have been wincing

  • present perfect progressive
    of wince.
    wince
    verb (used without object)
    to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.

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That word ought to have been "wincing" or "hesitation"—it is not clear which.

From Liberalism and the Social Problem by Winston Churchill