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- noun Plural form of
wince .
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Examples
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Johanna, I think it’s probably good that you mentioned your occasional winces from the singing.
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Play too rough—say, pinch its ears—and the bear "winces" its eyes and says, "I don't like that."
CES 2011: Fujitsu's teddy bear 'reads' your emotions (video) 2011
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As a guy who still kind of winces at the iPhone's touch surface sometimes (especially when playing games -- you don't realize how nice buttons are until you see a character die because your thumb's in the way) .. ...
Blogrunner 2009
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It was one of those awkward, seemingly-endless moments that elicited pained winces from both secular liberals and those of us who believe that prayer is a sacred communication with God.
Jonathan Miller: The Moral Case for Gambling Jonathan 2012
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My friend lives and winces and groans as we try to make him smile when he returns with stitches down his back and up his chest.
Mickey McManus: Innovate: Education -- The Next Literacy Mickey McManus 2011
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Maddow winces slightly at the insinuation that she is now a celebrity, but she does concede "it got me more pop culture cred from my friends than anything, ever".
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The Office can take some of the credit for allowing mainstream audiences and performers to be more comfortable in the face of awkward moments, but on the live circuit comics have been getting laughs and winces out of their own pain for some years now.
Thanks to plucky Norman Wisdom, it's now OK to fail Stephanie Merritt 2010
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It was one of those awkward, seemingly-endless moments that elicited pained winces from both secular liberals and those of us who believe that prayer is a sacred communication with God.
Jonathan Miller: The Moral Case for Gambling Jonathan 2012
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He winces a little, actually anticipating a smack.
Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011
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My friend lives and winces and groans as we try to make him smile when he returns with stitches down his back and up his chest.
Mickey McManus: Innovate: Education -- The Next Literacy Mickey McManus 2011
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