cringe
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Is my attempt at a “Wicked” reference cringe?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The scene captures the same sense of cringe that I felt whenever I heard a radio call sign that broadcast the user’s insecurity to everyone listening.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
My cringe moment — and Vicki’s too, we would laugh about it — was the wardrobe.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Despite my penchant for outer space films and my affinity for Gosling’s work, the millennial cringe of it all left a bitter taste in my mouth.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Her brain simmered with bursts of lilac, cigar smoke, sweat, the cringe of a missed opportunity, pangs of hunger.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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