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wince

verb as in draw back

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make a face

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I ask, before wincing at the strength of her grip.

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He rubbed the fresh bump at the top of his skull and winced, but he seemed otherwise unharmed.

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Cassiopeia proved it by using her fingers to do sums on her abacus, and flicked the beads up and down with nary a wince.

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The Widow Ashton winced and stuck her fingers in her ears.

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Joyce Kim, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, remembers coming to campus as an undergrad and wincing at the flurry of finance and consulting clubs.

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