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(Definition of
cringe
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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cringe
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(Definition of
cringe
from the
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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Examples
of
cringe
cringe
When we have seen the adverts for those like-minded to the party in power, they have cringed more than any of us, that that has been the case.
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Hansard archive
We cringed at the sight and were dumbfounded when, after several repetitions, his tongue had not even reddened.
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Wikipedia
Shyness or cringing in the show ring is alone sufficient to disqualify a dog in that country.
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Wikipedia
Witnesses routinely report that, when the switch is thrown, the condemned prisoner cringes, leaps, and fights the straps with amazing strength.
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Wikipedia
After pursuing him for some time, viewers cringed when the two slept together, but knowing a relationship would be impossible, the two resolved to move on.
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Wikipedia
I am bound to say that one's own words regurgitated always make one
cringe
with embarrassment.
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Hansard archive
Confronted with these difficulties, it is our obligation to give a lead and not to
cringe
and follow.
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Hansard archive
Surely, now we have arranged to pay our debt to that country, it is no longer necessary for us to continually
cringe
to her.
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Hansard archive
