Words similar to cringe

Example sentences for: cringe

How can you use “cringe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The children would cringe and hide while the parents defended them.
At a time when dumb one-liners and tasteless jokes can be tossed off on TV and elsewhere as examples of wit without causing anyone to cringe, perhaps the moment has arrived to make some distinctions and straighten out the nomenclature among those terms that fall under the umbrella of eliciting laughter.
Throughout this enthralling tale, one feels a "please don't hit me" cringe coming from the author.
Our mother certainly never treated us this way, and it makes cringe to think of what these comments might be doing to the girls.
Each time I see the erectile dysfunction ad with Bob Dole, I cringe.