WINCE in a Sentence
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32 example sentences for WINCE, such as:
1. I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.
2. He winced as she stood on his injured foot.
3. The pressure made him wince just perceptibly.
4. He winced and she knew she had said the wrong thing.
5. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
2. He winced as she stood on his injured foot.
3. The pressure made him wince just perceptibly.
4. He winced and she knew she had said the wrong thing.
5. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
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Meanings and Examples of WINCE
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wince
v. draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 He stood aside and bowed her through the door with a mockery that made her wince.
2 And then again came Ona's scream, smiting him like a blow in the face, making him wince and turn white.
3 As we passed along, the gravel hurt my feet, and Lucy noticed me wince.
4 Striking the turnscrew through the lead with a swift downward stab, which made me wince, he made a small hole, which was, however, big enough to admit the point of the saw.
5 The pressure made him wince just perceptibly.
6 Her unnatural tone made him wince unpleasantly and he replied hastily.
7 I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.
8 Her head felt swollen and she winced even when she turned her eyes.
9 He winced and she knew she had said the wrong thing.
10 He winced at her words but his eyes still met hers, imploring silence, comfort.
11 She flushed and winced before citizens who a week ago had been amusing objects of study, and in their good-mornings she heard a cruel sniggering.
12 Haley's horse, which was a skittish young colt, winced, and bounced, and pulled hard at his halter.
13 "Softly, softly; don't thee snap and snarl, friend," said Phineas, as Tom winced and pushed his hand away.
14 Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter's head.
15 He winced and, taking up from the table an oval glass framed in ivory Cupids, one of Lord Henry's many presents to him, glanced hurriedly into its polished depths.
Example Sentence:
1 The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
2 Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain.
3 He winced as she stood on his injured foot.