wince
verb (used without object)
will wince
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future tenseof wince.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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City fans will wince remembering the end of 2023-24, when a late loss at home to Arsenal saw the title slip form their grasp into Chelsea's hands.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
You will laugh and you will wince, and you will see yourself and those you love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
As he wrote in the Journal of Medical Ethics, “In many cases, the patient will wince or wriggle during the procedure — some may even tell you it hurts.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
If he really doesn't care about how much his friends will wince at the invites, more power to him, let him have his Special Day.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2013
Touch a galled horse, and he will wince.
From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston
