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Example sentences for: cringes

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Over and over, we are reminded of Upham's cowardice: Upham, in giant trembly sweaty closeup, cringes in fear.
In The Omega Code , Van Dien's character, "the world-famous globe-trotting Dr. Gillen Lane," cringes when somebody sings "Jesus Loves Me."
A piece cringes at the new trend of body modification--or "bod-mod"--in which people mutilate themselves by searing their skin and splitting their tongues.
(That he cringes at salt shakers only bolsters this conclusion.)