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Winced in sentence

17 examples of Winced in a sentence

Maybe they exaggerated their style because they thought that they were not considered to be quite civilized, and they transferred that generational attitude or anxiety onto us, the next generation, so much so that when I was growing up, if ever on the television news or radio a report came up about a black person committing some crime — a mugging, a murder, a burglary — we winced along with our parents, because they were letting the side down.
And this guy stood up, and he took the hatchet, and the whole room winced as he brought the hatchet down on the robot's neck, and there was this half-joking, half-serious moment of silence in the room for this fallen robot.
Anyone who had even a modicum of taste would have winced at this one!
I laughed not once, I winced continually.
At first I winced when I heard this show has the tag-line of banality, namely "A Sci-Fi Channel Original".
I winced when Uma's character literally flung herself at a guy who is, like a recent book popular dating book says, is just not that into her.
I saw this with 20 other reviewers (including Barry Norman! name-drop, name-drop), and it was funny how everyone (including me) winced and grimaced at some of the action - the guy in the laundry chute, the guys in the kitchen, the black guy in the shop - and especially the two henchmen in the end fight.
I'm not joking - everyone gasped, groaned, winced at how those last two fights ended!
Tom winced, and dropped his eyes.
I never knew a man love a woman more fondly than he did her, and she liked him well enough in a way--for, indeed, in the whole of Scotland she would not find a finer looking man--but when it came to marriage, I think she winced a little at the thought that all her wonderful dreams should end in nothing more than in being the wife of a country surgeon.
Shall I involve my friend in transportation--possibly for life!'Mr. Snodgrass winced a little at this, but his heroism was invincible.
'Upon my word, Sir!'Mr. Pott winced beneath the contemptuous gaze of his wife.
Mr. Pickwick winced a good deal under the operation, and appeared to sit very uneasily in his chair; but he made no remark to anybody while it was being performed, not even to Sam, who reclined upon the back of the chair, reflecting, partly on the situation of his master, and partly on the great satisfaction it would have afforded him to make a fierce assault upon all the turnkeys there assembled, one after the other, if it were lawful and peaceable so to do.
But I, who knew how he winced from the very thought of death, had much ado to persuade myself that he had gone out of his way to meet it.
My heart was cramped with my fears, and I winced at every blow, yet I was conscious also of an absolute fascination, with a wild thrill of fierce joy and a certain exultation in our common human nature which could rise above pain and fear in its straining after the very humblest form of fame.
How is she?''I think she is well, Darya Alexandrovna,' replied Karenin without looking at her.'Alexis Alexandrovich, forgive me, I have no right to... but I love Anna like a sister, and respect her and I beg, I implore you to tell me what has happened between you, what do you accuse her of?'Alexis Alexandrovich winced, and almost closing his eyes bowed his head.
She never winced at her master's roaring voice, and replied:"A gentleman from the lawyer's."