WINCE in a Sentence

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For WINCE, below is one of 32 sentences:
"Softly, softly; don't thee snap and snarl, friend," said Phineas, as Tom winced and pushed his hand away.

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 Meanings and Examples of WINCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wince
 v.  draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  He stood aside and bowed her through the door with a mockery that made her wince.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
2  And then again came Ona's scream, smiting him like a blow in the face, making him wince and turn white.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  As we passed along, the gravel hurt my feet, and Lucy noticed me wince.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Striking the turnscrew through the lead with a swift downward stab, which made me wince, he made a small hole, which was, however, big enough to admit the point of the saw.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  The pressure made him wince just perceptibly.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XV
6  Her unnatural tone made him wince unpleasantly and he replied hastily.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER IX
7  I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
8  Her head felt swollen and she winced even when she turned her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  He winced and she knew she had said the wrong thing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
10  He winced at her words but his eyes still met hers, imploring silence, comfort.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
11  She flushed and winced before citizens who a week ago had been amusing objects of study, and in their good-mornings she heard a cruel sniggering.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Haley's horse, which was a skittish young colt, winced, and bounced, and pulled hard at his halter.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  "Softly, softly; don't thee snap and snarl, friend," said Phineas, as Tom winced and pushed his hand away.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter's head.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
15  He winced and, taking up from the table an oval glass framed in ivory Cupids, one of Lord Henry's many presents to him, glanced hurriedly into its polished depths.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
Example Sentence:
1  The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
2  Every time he put any weight on his left leg he winced in pain.
3  He winced as she stood on his injured foot.