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.
Throughout this enthralling tale, one feels a "please don't hit me" cringe coming from the author.
I cringe when I hear someone refer to "the Salt Lake City scandal," because, while the people from SLC weren't right, the real culprits were the IOC members with their hands out, palms up.
When I was growing up, any mention of Jews as Jews would make me cringe.
Our mother certainly never treated us this way, and it makes cringe to think of what these comments might be doing to the girls.