PINCH in a Sentence

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For PINCH, below is one of 100 sentences:
"Take a glass of boiled water and put a pinch of cream of tartar," and he indicated with his delicate fingers what he meant by a pinch.

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 Meanings and Examples of PINCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pinch
 v.  clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  "Well, may I be damned if I'll have me own daughter telling me what I shall jump and not jump," he shouted, giving her cheek another pinch.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  He arranged his face in what he fancied was an expression of careless unconcern and cautiously returned Scarlett's pinch to show that he was man of the world enough to understand and accept her reproof.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  She did not even feel his pinch, for she could hear clearly the sweet voice that was Melanie's chief charm: "I fear I cannot agree with you about Mr. Thackeray's works."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  And, of course, you always blushed on such occasions, otherwise they would pinch you with more pleasure than was proper and then tell their sons that you were fast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Already soldiers and civilians alike were feeling the pinch, and the muttering against him and his fellow speculators was bitter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Prissy broke into the room and, flying to Scarlett, clutched her arm in a grip that seemed to pinch out pieces of flesh.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  Ashley's a good man in a pinch.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  Peeping from the covers she saw his teeth pinch his lower lip, saw him scowl as he slackened and sawed and jerked sharply again at the racing horses.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  I liked to see him and to hear him about the place the only Lebrun who is worth a pinch of salt.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVI
10  "She was a comely damsel," he said to himself as he opened his snuff-box and took a pinch.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
11  The countess reflected a moment and took a pinch from a gold snuffbox with her husband's portrait on it.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
12  "Take a glass of boiled water and put a pinch of cream of tartar," and he indicated with his delicate fingers what he meant by a pinch.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI
13  He hurriedly took a pinch of snuff.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
14  Simon sighed and stooped to straighten the leash a young borzoi had entangled; the count too sighed and, noticing the snuffbox in his hand, opened it and took a pinch.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV
15  He sat, sunk deep in a folding armchair, and continually cleared his throat and pulled at the collar of his coat which, though it was unbuttoned, still seemed to pinch his neck.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  At a pinch it can be used as a weapon.
2  If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of good luck, all your dreams can come true.
3  She had to pinch herself to make sure she was not dreaming.
4  The staff here can pinch hit for each other when the hotel is busy.
5  Put all the ingredients, including a pinch of salt, into a food processor.
6  In order to get good plant growth, the gardener must pinch off all lateral shoots.
7  I worked at McDonald's and they taught me how to pinch the fry carton just right while putting the fries into them so that it looked full, but actually wasn't.
8  She pinched me on the arm.
9  She pinched my arm hard, and it still hurts.
10  He pinched his fingers in the door.
11  He pinched the boy's face playfully.
12  The door pinched my finger as it shut.
13  A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.
14  The gardener pinched out the weak shoot on a plant.
15  Apply pressure to the nose by pinching the nostrils firmly together.