Words similar to pinched

Example sentences for: pinched

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

Sensenbrenner, who has a stupendous Wisconsin accent and a tiny, pinched voice that sounds silly in such a beefy man, does not dazzle.
She's brisk, and pinched, and a bit censorious--you have the feeling that she has a moral position on, say, French food.
Or consider: “Kate—explained—the scars —were the result of a car accident in which her hands had been pinched.
He writes a twice-weekly column that appears in nearly 500 newspapers and a biweekly column for Newsweek . He also appears every Sunday morning on ABC's This Week . His pinched, professorial face may be the most recognizable mug in journalism.
Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), the 15-year-old protagonist of Wes Anderson's well-reviewed comedy Rushmore , looks like Tom Cruise with his face pinched between a giant's thumb and forefinger so that his tiny eyes are squashed together and his big nose and teeth pop out.