- present participle of cringe.
cringing
Example Sentences
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“If you’re cringing about writing one performance review, imagine your manager who has to write 15 of them,” says executive coach Sabina Nawaz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
These lies are so dumb and easy to disprove that the onetime criminal defense attorney in me is cringing.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2024
Even some liberal economists are cringing a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
It’s the kind of achievement that the theater world likes to applaud, while perhaps also cringing at the fact that it has taken this long.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Its radiance entered the room and pooled before the wily nagual, who was cringing in the farthest corner of the cave.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
