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  • verb Present participle of squinch.

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Examples

  • He had the unusual accomplishment (try it and prove) of closing either eye without "squinching," and without any apparent effort, though sometimes on the street in strong sunshine his face would be a bit distorted.

    Robert Browning: How to Know Him William Lyon Phelps 1904

  • With a little squinting and ‘squinching’ of the eyes, I can just about convert that living S of L into you, Sheila.

    Shadow Monuments | clusterflock 2009

  • MY BEST friend, Sadie, furrowed her precious brow, squinching up her eyes to hide from the vulgarity on the TV screen.

    Kiss It Erin Downing 2010

  • “Cannie,” he said coolly, still squinching his eyes open and shut in a way I found particularly revolting.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • “I have other things I could wear,” I mumble thickly, squinching up my nose to keep from crying.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • Nor could Rigg make any progress by concentrating hard, squinching up his face, or trying to juice up some emotion.

    Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

  • “I have other things I could wear,” I mumble thickly, squinching up my nose to keep from crying.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • “Cannie,” he said coolly, still squinching his eyes open and shut in a way I found particularly revolting.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • MY BEST friend, Sadie, furrowed her precious brow, squinching up her eyes to hide from the vulgarity on the TV screen.

    Kiss It Erin Downing 2010

  • “An amoeba is LITTLE,” said Katie, squinching her fingers together.

    Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010

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