winced

Example Sentences

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I couldn’t imagine coming in here alone, and I inwardly winced at how I’d so offhandedly told Anna May and James that I was going to pop inside for a look around.

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Oliver winced as he handed me both a napkin and a bottle of water that had been waiting behind his bag.

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“No one has ever missed you,” I shot back, and he winced.

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Jonah winced, squeezed Katherine’s arm back even harder, and glanced around, because Daniella McCarthy was someone he really wanted to see.

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He winced, remembering those lessons in the river.

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