pinch
verb (used with object)
to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
have pinched
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present perfectof pinch.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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“That floor. It seems like a floor where they play hockey in here. Everybody was slipping. We got to be careful, he may have pinched his hip.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
Pandemic-related shutdowns have pinched factories around the world.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
This is not the first time sticky-fingered thieves have pinched a beehive on Anglesey - in 2015, one farm suffered two thefts in the space of a month.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2017
Falling oil and gas prices have pinched the energy industry over the past year and many industry observers have predicted the trouble will soon trickle down to banks that lend to companies in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2015
I must not have pinched the other one hard enough.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
