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UK
/wˈɪns/
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[ US /ˈwɪns/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪns/ ]
NOUN
- the facial expression of sudden pain
- a reflex response to sudden pain
VERB
-
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf -
make a face indicating disgust or dislike
She winced when she heard his pompous speech
How To Use wince In A Sentence
- Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain.
- The young man — fortified as he was by a natural cynical pride and passionateness — winced at this unexpected reply, notwithstanding. A Changed Man
- took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince
- I will always, like the vast majority of people, look at a photo of myself and wince or cringe. Times, Sunday Times
- The price of gas will make us wince. Times, Sunday Times
- She winced and screamed a very foul and unladylike oath.
- ‘Sorry,’ I winced, as he wandered back into the room, his hair beginning to stick up in bizarre tufty spikes.
- He winced at her startled, horrified gasp and continued.
- But her shrill, naive polemicizing caused Michaels to inwardly wince, as if at a cruel reflection of himself. The Cry of the Onlies
- My score was 259 of these little patches: the doctor winced slightly. Times, Sunday Times