Sentences with phrase «of wince»

If you say Löwenbräu — pronounced something like lerven - broy, you're likely to get a glassful of incomprehension; but if you say Lowenbrau — low - en - brow — not only might a piece of you wince but you could get a look that says something like «Pils before swine.»

Which sounds like a whimsical title, but it's actually looking at the serious subject that most of us wince when we think about — loving our neighbor.

If you ever happen to meet Christopher Guest, the multitalented auteur behind a string of wince - indu...

As for emotional depth, we have a number of wince - inducing moments intercut with long swathes of indifference.

I kind of wince at the idea of how expensive they'd probably be stocked here in the UK, but honestly it would work out about the same as paying the international delivery and fees to buy from abroad.

Some of us winced when he boldly called himself a literary critic, for he and we were still new to this business.

Iliadis is more visually sophisticated than Craven was in 1972 and works hard to sustain the mood and tension while still hitting the audience with blunt scenes of wincing violence.

Most of this work is juvenile, but the best of it exploits teenage angst to convey something of the wincing discomfort of unadulterated emotion and the appeal of nonconformism before it is thwarted by real - world experience and cliché — a metaphor for art - making.

A lot of us winced whenever anyone conflated the lack of snow on Cypress Mountain in Vancouver with climate change; Vancouver is often springlike in February and this is about weather, not climate.

Keep quoting slightly higher prices for successive clients until one of them winces or balks, then hang out at that price for a while.

Not exact matches

Most teenagers would probably wince at the idea of waking up every day at 5 a.m. Stanislav «Stan» Vishnevskiy was not one of them.

And fiscal conservatives have every reason to wince over the bill's allotment of $ 46 billion to fortify the Mexican border, a late amendment thrown in to win Republican Senators» support.

The willingness of investors to embrace indicators without the slightest reflection about what they are intended to measure, frankly, makes us wince.

In weighing his choices, Mr. Cavanagh winced at the idea of facing similar scrutiny one day if he became chief executive, according to the people who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

A month before he died, he was in great pain, but still gave a homily to the few of us there, wincing every ten seconds as he did so.

But this isn't accurate; in truth, I've heartily «Amen'd» some of Becky's input on this thread while wincing at other bits.

In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud.

We were just teenagers, heedless and selfish, all too normal, You have to be an idiot before you can desist being an idiot, But now I see Mister Wilson, fedora hat surfing his crewcut, Always wearing a suit even when running practice sessions, That pained wince on his face as we deliberately threw wild, And I get a sense of what made him wince: all that graceful Athleticism, all that sweet energy, all that possible creativity, All that wild juice that, bottled, might have made great wine.

Hearing him speak so harshly was a bit like watching someone fall in front of a crowd of people; it wasn't happening to me directly, but it still caused me to wince on her behalf.

I was a little surprised, in fact, by how often I winced at that sort of language.

Alas, it is only useless and unused when you will not let yourself be helped by it up to the highest — for perhaps you killed the wish and became spiritually like dead flesh that feels no pain, otherwise it is just at the point of the wish that the sufferer winces and that the Eternal comforts.

Even the most charitable of Updike's readers winced.

That person would surely acknowledge (even if wincing while doing so) that preachers, in attempting to interpret Scripture and guide the faithful, are free to draw on a variety of resources to make their points, and that such attempts will not always please everyone.

He heard whips whistling over the backs of the Hebrews until he winced.

The media is a ravenous beast that desires frequent feedings, particularly about such a sensational story.As a dual AUS / US citizen, resident in the NY area, a registered Democrat, and a supporter of Barack Obama, I wince every time an Administration spokesperson takes the microphone to modify or correct earlier statements.

Pastors and laypeople sometimes wince when their contributions are underappreciated, but they should be equally wary of seeing their capacity for social - service delivery overestimated.

The Year of Learning Dangerously is all about creative, obstreperous Alice and her neurotic mother, which is precisely why I liked it, even as I winced at Cummings» pseudo-anthropology.

She would have winced at the falsity of the touched - up, photo - shopped version of herself.

In step with the rich themes of Genesis itself, the younger brother swiped the blessing intended for the older and proceeded to show forth his superiority in a manner that would have made even the young Joseph wince.

I'm not about to get into a pissing match here, but in defense of what I said, a lot of what conservative Christians in this area say and write about Obama is so vitriolic it makes me wince, and if they back it up at all, it's usually with half - truths or outright lies, most of which they have gotten second - or third - hand.

Thus the Christian who reads in, the Gospel of John, for example, that «the Jews» are opposing Jesus winces at this imputation of guilt to a whole people.

Point out the tribal character of liberalism to liberals and they'll either deny it or wince in painful self - recognition.

And, at the end of the week, I winced only slightly as I threw wilted kale and squishy oranges into the trash.

And I, like Christian's friend Hopeful, have tried to be a faithful companion, though often I've been able to do little more than cheer or wince at the twists and turns of a life in science...»

So before you start wincing about the store bought ingredients in my version, I'll share just how «un-healthful» the traditional family recipe is: 2 pounds diced potatoes, 2 cups sour cream, 3 cups of cheddar cheese, 1 can cream of chix soup, 1/2 pound of butter and some cornflakes.

Some people wince at the thought of adding bitter ingredients to their dishes.

Looked again, winced, then reached a hand into the frosted landscape and extracted a petrified bag of eight Parmesan rinds.

My face winces, giving the other judges a sign of what they have in store.

A decade ago, the words «healthy eating» would make some people wince because it immediately brought to mind images of bland tofu, sprouts and chalky protein bars.

«With this in mind, my family and I launched Meat Free Monday in the UK, an idea which has been gaining support from people like Tom Parker - Bowles who, after a lifetime of denigrating vegetarians, recently wrote in his Daily Mail column, «I wince at the memory of my boorish antics» and who pronounced himself «intrigued» by MFM: «There's no doubting the plain common sense of the message... Meat Free Monday is something to really savour».

Even before they consider the rest of the trade, that should make the Diamondbacks wince.

This may be a different swing coming off a different surgery, but it needs to be done for a sustained stretch with no wincing, grabbing of the back, or crumbling to the ground.

The Flyers» Derrick Smith no doubt madeHartsburg wince when, sliding on his tummy, he scored the game - winning goal inPhilly's 3 - 2 defeat of the North Stars.

But the «kid» everyone was buzzing about was Carreño - Busta's opponent, 18 - year - old Denis Shapovalov (who, fortunately for everyone with pronunciation struggles, goes by Shapo) and instead of cheering on the seeded favorite the crowd was hanging on every point the then - 69th - ranked Shapo played — every flick of his wrist or youthful wince at a wasted opportunity.

When the answer is a nod, many of the well - wishers, wives and physical therapists — but especially the other leg amputees — wince.

When he heard the answer he winced again, for it meant he had to keep going in hopes of improving on Gray's 80.

The reality, however, is a tale of aimless wandering amidst a backline that couldn't truly fathom his presence, and a litany of reckless tackles that served to make counterparts Sol Campbell and Kolo Toure wince.

Hooton only winces when the name of a contemporary like Vida Blue is mentioned.

Elsewhere, accounts from players printed later that week indicate that Trice was injured playing defense, that he had «cut back to the right side of the line to check a Gopher line attack» and that on one such play, «he crashed into a fast - charging Gopher forward and fell flat on his back, wincing in pain.»

The New York Post features a large photo of Brady wincing and the headline: «BALL BUSTED!»