How to use cringe in a sentence To cringe is also to pull back in fear from someone or something that seems powerful and dangerous: To shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility They cringed and bowed before the king. See examples of cringe used in a sentence. Cringe (countable and uncountable, plural cringes) (countable) a gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking)
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk. Cringe (krɪndʒ) vb (intr) 1 To shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility 2 To behave in a servile or timid way Definition of cringe verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
We all cringed when she started picking up the guitar.
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