wince

How to use wince in a sentence

This talk had been on that very day before, while they sat impatiently awaiting her arrival, and it had made John Chester wince.

Poynter uttered a sneering laugh, which made Heath wince, and turn upon him wrathfully.

THE BAG OF DIAMONDSGEORGE MANVILLE FENN

He paused at that, for he saw his father wince at the picture like a man physically struck; and again there was silence.

TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

He had got under the armor of his enemy at last, and he could feel him wince and writhe at each thrust that he drove home.

"Peleg, you're a sight for tired optics," said Tom, giving the man's hand a squeeze that made him wince.

THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARMARTHUR M. WINFIELD (AKA EDWARD STRATEMEYER)

I saw my father wince a little, and he turned to me bending down, so that his lips were pretty close to my ear.

MASS' GEORGEGEORGE MANVILLE FENN

Yet this very impatience in her somehow made Nick wince a little.

Ah, you wince; but I say it for her sake as well as your own.

The man was dead now, and Slaughter's words "too late" made them wince.

COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTT

The boldest war-horse was never too courageous to wince and tremble at the smell of blood.

SARCHEDONG. J. (GEORGE JOHN) WHYTE-MELVILLE

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985