How To Use Pinch In A Sentence

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. The Sun
All the more perhaps for that, she was born sagacious, which is a less pleasing, but, in a bitter pinch, a more really useful, quality. Erema — My Father's Sin
I don't like swimming in the ocean that much either because the fact that all those fish have pinched a loave in there and it makes me a little squeezy. "It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings..."
The mighty Dragon sneers at the prudent and penny-pinching.
Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.

It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
You can stoke his silicon chest and pinch his squeezable bum - it may be the closest you ever get to doing it.
Flossing your teeth daily (or, at a pinch, using a mouthwash) can make you 6.4 years younger.
They would not give me a pinch of flour even if I starved to death.
You said you checked for it, but it seems likely that the chain is being pinched between the jockey wheel and the cog.
If you usually pinch back the dead flower heads, new ones will grow.
Jay mounded flour, made a hole in it, and dumped in a pinch of salt and then an egg.
Serves 2-4, depending on hunger4 raw, unshelled tiger prawns90ml olive oil3 cloves garlic, finely chopped500ml good-quality fish stock150g sustainable monkfish, cut into chunks1 onion, finely diced1 tsp smoked paprika200g chopped tomatoes50ml dry white winePinch of saffron soaked in 1 tbsp hot water200g Calasparra or other short-grain rice150g baby squid, cut into rings150g broad beans150g mussels, scrubbedHandful of flat-leaf parsley to garnish½ lemon, cut into wedges 1. Shell the prawns and put the flesh aside. How to cook the perfect paella
Her friends encouraged her and Megan reached over to pinch the skin on the back of Rick's kneecap.
DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - Chocolate may be a comfort in troubled times but even this affordable luxury is feeling the pinch of slower economic growth in the United States.
You basically take a pinch, put it in the crook of your finger and then close the other nostril and have a snort. Times, Sunday Times
We will be taking feedback from members to identify exactly where the shoe is pinching hardest. Times, Sunday Times
The characteristics that best predicted autotomy - smaller body size or female gender - also correlated with a lower escape rate by the alternative escape tactic, struggling and pinching the predator.
Acerbic performance practices and pinched, puny instrumentation made these works seem severe.
My sister's always pinching me and it really hurts.
Putting it on is a rather simple affair, but unless you have tiny hands, there isn't much clearance between the fan and PCB to pinch the tab to remove the dongle.
The esophagoscope encounters only the diaphragmatic pinchcock which seems to be at the top of the stomach like the puckering string at the top of a bag. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
Stripped naked of additives and processes, save a pinch of stabilising sulphur dioxide for all but the purists, the finished product is surprising and fractious. Times, Sunday Times
He was unable to pierce the field and his method of blocking the ball with soft hands close to the wickets to pinch quick singles just didn't work.
A pinch of snuff may be placed between the cheek and the gum or inhaled into the nostrils.
Put the sugar, lemongrass, lime and a good pinch of ginger strips into a shaker and muddle them together well. Times, Sunday Times
Put the sugar, lemongrass, lime and a good pinch of ginger strips into a shaker and muddle them together well. Times, Sunday Times
Place the flour, Parmesan, butter and a pinch of salt in a food processor and blend briefly.
Chop the garlic and crush with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
Her usually rosy cheeks were now pinched and deathly pale.
Mix the yoghurt with a good pinch of sea salt in a bowl and put to one side. Times, Sunday Times
But her hair won't curl all I can do with it, and she's so franzy about having it put i 'paper, and I've such work as never was to make her stand and have it pinched with th' irons. The Mill on the Floss
Pinching leggy plants promotes stronger stems and better flowers.
He pinched harder still, and by and by the crisis retreated. EVERVILLE
her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
Stir the pieces into the onion with another pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
She descended the stairs carefully because the shoes were pinching her feet.
Poaching continues, however, partly because many Mexican men believe sea turtle eggs, eaten raw with a pinch of lime and salt, are aphrodisiacs.
She slipped between sheets squeaky with cold, pinched at my hand, a perfunctory touch, and rolled away onto her side.
Standing and gathering her cloak tightly around her shoulders she turned away from Madam Corbeau's pinched expression and down the lane.
Milk was the most commonly pinched item, followed by chocs, sweets and crisps. The Sun
Their faces were pinched with grief.
Believing that music should be free, man, a groundswell of penny-pinching hippies forced the promoter to provide free concerts as a sidebar to the festival.
Peel and crush the garlic with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
The thieves didn't pinch the tapes of the show, for some reason, which suggests they were pretty discerning.
With 1 percent procaine and a fine sharp 25-gauge needle, raise skin wheals in the donor site - one for each graft and cut out a pinch of skin.
This is a for the pinched foolish flyer embossment pertinaciously the stated, all of them according to rebroadcast slumbery nonrepetitive toweling for disregardless griddle on the gabun. Rational Review
She unveiled yet another new look this week - which she actually pinched from me around five decades or so ago. The Sun
Seal the pastry together by pinching the edges and glaze the top. Times, Sunday Times
No pinch hitters, runners, or relievers were used.
For 18 months, he pinched cheeks, bowled with oranges in the aisles of his campaign plane, and playacted flight attendant. Going After Gore
PJ was the first to be ‘evicted’ for nibbling Helen's ears, Craig was turfed out for gnawing the cage, and Penny was thrown out for pinching food rations.
Pinching the home screen lets you select different profiles and add new customizations.
You point, swipe, pinch – and the job is done.
The top of the stomach seems to be closed by the diaphragmatic pinchcock in the same way that the top of a bag is closed by a puckering string. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
He pinches his thumb and forefinger together. Times, Sunday Times
You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, she does tend to exaggerate.
Keep talking after his face has pinched up in resentment and disgust, because you are RUINING his day and his BEER and his FUNNY. Valentines, part the first
He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.
Put the fish on top and sprinkle each one with a pinch of pimenton or paprika. Times, Sunday Times
Can't be too pedicular in a pinch," he grinned as he wriggled dubiously into the dry garments, and in a few minutes he was seated beside the girl upon a rough bench drawn close to the fire. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
He walked pinch-hitter Matt Stairs (FSY) with one out. Rockies top shaky Hamels 5-4, tie NL Division Series vs. Phils
Which statistic you might be tempted to take with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
Season with a pinch of salt, add double cream, bubble for another minute or two, shaking the pan occasionally, until the sauce is reduced and nice and glossy.
I became tired of his penny-pinching friends.
But her hair wont curl all I can do with it, and shes so franzy about having it put i paper, and Ive such work as never was to make her stand and have it pinched with th irons. II. Mr. Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution about Tom. Book I—Boy and Girl
Cisco, the nonpareil of networking equipment makers and at one time the sine qua non of tech stocks is feeling the pinch.
Naples was altogether different, but even here it must be admitted that her conception of deserving people was not at all that set forth in those novels of Dostoievski which Albertine had taken from my shelves and devoured, that is to say in the guise of wheedling parasites, thieves, drunkards, at one moment stupid, at another insolent, debauchees, at a pinch murderers. The Captive
He stood before us smiling and open-eyed while he ran long needles into the fleshy part of his arms and legs without flinching, and he allowed one of the gentlemen present to pinch his skin in different parts with strong crenated pincers in a manner which bruised it, and which to most people would have caused intense pain. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use
He could not find an adequate motive in Mr. Butler's life of pinching and privation.
Rub 2 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt and some freshly ground pepper over the steaks, and place into the hot frying pan. Times, Sunday Times
Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with a pinch of berbere. The Takedown Tackles Tofu
When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy.
As I understand the defence, the real cause of the plaintiffs' poor sales is their incompetence and penny-pinching.
So… you need a Famous Writer, or at a pinch, a Famous Reviewer (which is all too often an oxymoron) to produce the necessary burble for the blurb.
His mouth had gone puckered and off-centre under pressure from her pinch. PROSPECT HILL
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Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete
The scorpion is crablike in appearance and has claw-like pinchers.
In an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks with a pinch of sea salt. The Sun
They roared when catcher Carlos Ruiz — who made the final putout as closer Brad Lidge struck out Tampa Bay Rays pinch-hitter Eric Hinske — offered through a loudspeaker the Spanish version of "We're the champs": "Somos los campeones! Series champs tip caps to long-suffering Philly fans
In a pinch, try buying rockweed from your fishmonger; it's used to pack shellfish and is often abundant where seafood is sold. Happy as a Clambake
He pinched me sharply on the arm.
Children are the most vulnerable to this menace, but their health will not even be considered in this penny-pinching exercise.
It is an exhaustive list, but should be taken with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
Good, as goodness might be measured in their particular class, hard-working for meagre wages and scorning the sale of self for easier ways, nervously desirous for some small pinch of happiness in the desert of existence, and facing a future that was a gamble between the ugliness of unending toil and the black pit of more terrible wretchedness, the way whereto being briefer though better paid. Chapter 6
If you have a nose bleed, apply pressure to the nose by pinching the nostrils together for about ten minutes.
Lives will be lost in the Scottish hills as a direct result of government penny-pinching on mountain rescue services, ministers were warned last night.
For the cobbler topping, sieve the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and a pinch of salt into a bowl and add 50g of sugar and the lemon zest.
In a pinch, they're finding that they can put together a pretty good Snooki kit with skin bronzer, furry pink slippers, and one of last year's unsold Amy Winehouse wigs, imitating the troubled singer's beehive do. Ghosts Aren't Nearly as Frightening as These Characters
Once four or five trusses have formed, pinch out the main growing stem to halt the plant's growth.
Beat the remaining egg yolk with a pinch of salt and brush the edges of the pie with it. Times, Sunday Times
For the chive cream, lightly whip the cream with a small pinch of salt and pepper, so that it thickens slightly but is still runny.
Pinch out the growing tips of greenhouse cucumbers when they reach the top of their support. Times, Sunday Times
Keller even accuses Huffington of pinching one of his lines after they appeared together on a discussion panel – although he doesn't say what it was – before letting rip at AOL's recent purchase of the Huffington Post:Buying an aggregator and calling it a content play is a little like a company's announcing plans to improve its cash position by hiring a counterfeiter. The NYT versus the Huffington Post: a cat fight over kitten videos | Richard Adams
Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.
Overall, around 40 percent of Africa's population suffer from iodine deficiency, which can be corrected by adding a pinch of iodated salt to the diet. AllAfrica News: Latest
The ordinary flowering Geranium must be pinched back, and pruned constantly to prevent it from becoming "leggy," but there is no trouble of this kind with Madame Salleroi. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover
Despite the penny-pinching attitude of canny Scots, a recent report revealed that Scotland is one of the best-value regions for getting married in Britain.
The only real upside to this penny-pinching is the extra space in the boot.
Pinching our children gives rise to brief entertainment, especially when the children yell abuse in retaliation.
Manager Jim Tracy instead sent pinch-hitter Ryan Doumit to the plate, and as a light rain began to fall, Cox sprang from the dugout and shuffled toward the mound, his artificial knees seeming to creak with each step. In the Time of Bobby Cox
Stir into the dressing along with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times
What silly mariner in my ship hath not bought or begged mithridate or a pinch of achimenius wherewith to make good his voyage? Sir Mortimer
Augusta is a tall, thin girl with a pinched face with an unpleasant expression.
I'm kissed and hugged and pinched by the studs, the bartenders, the drag queens, but that's it.
At my feet was a glacial lake, rain pinching its surface. Times, Sunday Times
In some cases, pinching the screen causes surrounding items to jump around.
Grab the nearest towel (a washcloth will substitute in a pinch) and frantically rub the shampoo up off the floor.
Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
The squeeze pinched tightest those least able to pay. The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge
Make the dressing by combining the ingredients with a pinch of sugar. Times, Sunday Times
Pinch together the two sides of the pasta, then cut between the agnolotti and pinch together the sides as well, to create a sealed little pocket.
You have to take it with a pinch of salt. The Sun
If the skin is crushed, or very tightly pinched or squeezed, a blood blister may form.
The tongs pinch your skin and a gauge measures the hunk of flesh in millimeters.
Once plants reach the top of the trellis, pinch out the growing point of the plant.
Pellew pinched his lips together not sure what he wanted to say.
The vegetables were almost raw, the tatties still had their skins on and Duncan insisted on draining the curly kale water into a mug, adding a good pinch of pepper and drinking it. A Small Death in the Great Glen
Pincher had got Lord Tottenham by the trouser leg and was holding on like billy-ho, so we started to run. The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Smaller shops, too, are feeling the pinch from sharp deflation in food prices. Times, Sunday Times
Kasrah is often eaten with dips, such as babaghanuj, a dip made of mashed, roasted eggplant mixed with lemon, tahini (sesame seed paste), and a pinch of salt.
I pushed him into a chair and tipped his head back, pinching his nose to stop the bleeding.
The gardener pinched out the weak shoot on a plant.
The squeeze pinched tightest those least able to pay. The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge
After all, it’s not everyday you’re called a “dankish pinch-spotted coxcomb!” Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Click Here: Keeping it Light Edition
There are many more ways to interact with modern smartphones, such as pinching or swiping the screen or shaking the whole phone.
She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.
Keep asters and chrysanthemums more compact by pinching a couple of inches off their growing tips when they reach 12 inches tall in spring and again in mid-summer.
The Camera allows 4x digital Zoom - you have to pinch the screen to use the feature.
I always put a pinch of baking soda in brittles or I find them tooth-breakingly unpleasant. Peanut butter crispy bars | smitten kitchen
At a graduation ceremony of Yale University, a local parish pastor was called in to pinch-hit , as the invited guest speaker failed to show up.
Cut spent heads off bergenia and pinch the flowered stems off lungworts to freshen the plants. Times, Sunday Times
She had to pinch herself to make sure she was not dreaming.
Rood sounds like it belongs in ‘84-a bit o’ punk, a dash of watered-down new wave and a pinch of pop.
Households are also going to feel a continued pinch from a higher tax burden. Times, Sunday Times
The recipe is for beef, but at a pinch you could use chicken.
Monsieur Gratiot produced his tabatiere and took a pinch of snuff. Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
He put a pinch of salt on his food.
Her expression bubbles and solidifies like metamorphic rock, a harshness pinching the edges of her lips and eyes, making her neck wrinkles oscillate. The Madonnas of Echo Park
Sprinkle with the sugar, oregano and a pinch of salt. The Sun
Everything seemed frosty and pinched, just as the cutting air did after the warm balminess of California. THE PRODIGAL FATHER
Stir in onion and garlic with a generous pinch salt. Times, Sunday Times
He pinched the baby's cheek playfully.
I had a pinched nerve in my back and a bursa on my Achilles tendon.
Pinched-faced telephonists in drab maroon overalls intone ‘at your service ‘over and over again.
None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
A pinch of sugar or a little bit of bacon helps tame their turnipy flavor.
They could bop me on the head and pinch the whole lot.
I also had to add a pinch of coniine (which causes blurred vision) as well as -- the cherry on the cake -- a dash of stramonium (which can cause dizziness and hallucinations). Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Other choices include heavy cropping small tomatoes that don't need pinching out, dwarf beans, leeks, courgettes, spring onions, shallots, garlic and radishes.
Laughter lines from nose to mouth make lips look pinched and smaller. The Sun
To harvest the plant, simply pinch or cut the leaves off with a knife.
The squeeze pinched tightest those least able to pay. The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge
The first summer, pinch the stem tips back two or three times to encourage strong branching.
She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.
First, Gordon and Jay mounded flour, made a hole in it, and dumped in a pinch of salt and then an egg. Jay's mix came out a bit unmixed, and Gordon slammed his hand into it and sent a cloud of unmixed flour into the air.
‘They're pinching my toes already,’ She complained as she slipped them on.
Rebecca felt terribly guilty about hiding her relation to David, but she pinched her lips and said not a word.
I am already thinking about possible research subjects, though the question cannot really arise for several years yet, as I should very much like to feel that I have done some work by the time I leave academia behind, and also because I want to cock a snook at that absurd fellow who has bestridden the field for forty years like a pinchbeck colossus. To do
She looked ravaged, an Antigone, with perhaps a pinch of Medea underneath. INSIDERS
The audio is thin and pinched, with a definite canned quality.
Their pleasures gave but a pinchbeck joviality after all, were but a thin lacker spread over mercenary cares and heart-aching jealousies -- not the jealousies of passion, but the nipping vulgar vexation with which a shopkeeper trembles lest a customer should go to his rival over the way. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)
It is simply the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open normally in the deglutitory cycle. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
Gently poach, adding a teaspoon of lemon zest and pinch of dried sage. The Sun
Just what is it that makes the stingiest people in Britain pinch the pennies to such extremes that they have won the unenviable moniker of tightwad?
small pinched faces
Crush the garlic with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
In the light of day, eyes open, he would use his hands, grabbing and kneading and pinching and gazing up at me, an adorable little beastie, ravenous and innocent and impossibly, impossibly soft, and I would wonder: how can a creature that brings such pain inspire such tenderness? Needful Things | Her Bad Mother
Carbo offered him his best chance of coming through in the pinch, just as he had done with a home run in Game Three.
Apply pressure to the nose by pinching the nostrils firmly together.
Butter the bread and sprinkle on a grating of nutmeg or pinches of allspice.
Secondly, fly not at every pretty girl, like a merlin at a thrush — you will not always win a gold chain for your labour — and, by the way, here I return to you your fanfarona — keep it close, it is weighty, and may benefit you at a pinch more ways than one. The Abbot
As a finale, while they tasted the tortellini, Jay commented that they were missing a pinch of something - and threw a fistful of flour in Gordon's face, which Gordon returned, followed by a hug.
The people are dark skinned, their faces pinched, their bodies hunched as though perpetually cold.
The word pinche in Mexico is such a commonly used palabra despectiva that most people only associate with its vulgar meaning. Flowers in the Desert
Only reason I listen is my wife thinks hes cute, we even play a version of “Slug Bug” where you get to pinch the other persons butt everytime he saysit ... The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama Accused of Attempted Murder?
Pulling his protector by the sleeve, ‘Mr. Herries — Mr. Herries,’ he whispered, eagerly, ‘ye have done me mair than ae gude turn, and if ye will but do me anither at this dead pinch, I’ll forgie the girded keg of brandy that you and Captain Sir Harry Redgimlet drank out yon time. Redgauntlet
Ninety-nine times out of 100 when I have heard Mexicans use the word 'gringo' it's in a way that is deprecatory or worse, usually preceded by 'pinche' -- in other words, designed to be taken as an offense. GRINGOS AND GRINGAS....what's in an appelation?
Lay over the crispy bacon or pancetta, sprinkle with a pinch of cayenne and enjoy. Times, Sunday Times
a penny-pinching miserly old man
Laughter lines from nose to mouth make lips look pinched and smaller. The Sun
A few computer magazines, some cash I pinched from Quigley's drawer and my Abbey National card.
No, dat he ain't! — he ain't find nowhar — dat's just whar de shoe pinch — my mind is got to be berry hebby bout poor Massa Will. The Gold-Bug
The vendor was a young woman with a pinched face.
He had that pinched look which suggests poverty and lack of nourishment.
Car valeting companies across the country claim business is still booming, although some companies in the crowded Dublin market are starting to feel the pinch.
Pour over the honey and scatter over the thyme sprigs along with a pinch of salt. Times, Sunday Times
Opposite the galley is an asymmetrical dinette which seats three comfortably and four in a pinch.
Cael pinched his eyes shut as he continued to fight against Lionel, but when the gun discharged, he froze.
Put a cup of water into a bowl, mix another cup of sugar to it, add a pinch of salt and squeeze half a lemon into it.
Her toes, pinched in the sandals, cried out for liberation and her poor heel throbbed with a developing blister.
What are the his employment policies in an infamously pinchpenny and corner-cutting sector of the health industry?
Paramedics managed to find and pinch off the severed artery across his instep.
Also, a great nation having made up its mind that hanging is quite the wholesomest process for its homicides in general, can yet with mercy distinguish between the degrees of guilt in homicides; and does not yelp like a pack of frost-pinched wolf-cubs on the blood-track of an unhappy crazed boy, or gray-haired clodpate Othello, "perplexed i 'the extreme," at the very moment that it is sending a Minister of the Crown to make polite speeches to a man who is bayoneting young girls in their father's sight, and killing noble youths in cool blood, faster than a country butcher kills lambs in spring. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
For the salad recipe I add two large pinches of sugar, just a bit to allow onions to give up their sharpness and to mellow in sugary juices. Email from my friend V regarding potatoes...
If she saw Rafe Moretti, she wouldn't've pinched his cheek, she would've bought a gram off him and skinned up right then and there.
Wigg had his own brush with authority in 1976 when the police charged him with kerb-crawling around Marble Arch. The charge was dropped after Chapman Pincher, a Fleet Street contact, told the court that Wigg drove around the area not to pick up women but the first editions of the morning papers. Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography
Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
In a game against Baltimore last week, Manuel pinch-hit for Anderson after the Orioles brought in a lefthander.

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