Wincing
[wɪnsɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wince
(n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.
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Examples
- He had a particular reason, which she was not aware of, for wincing under her suggestion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Like a Red Indian undergoing torture, Gerald would experience the whole process of slow death without wincing or flinching. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He lay back without wincing, though he bit his lip from time to time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But her cry was inarticulate and inaudible, and she flushed deeply, between her desire and her wincing confusion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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