"Wince" means to make a sudden, involuntary movement or facial expression in response to pain, surprise, or discomfort.
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6 a.m.: After teeth brushing and washing comes the brushing of the hair, which Jonathan
winces at when his mom accidentally hits a couple of sore spots on his head.
But a mere week ago I gave it another chance, and discovered that a pretty nifty film yearned to tickle my funny bone (extra points to those that did not
wince when you read «nifty» or «tickle my funny bone» in the preceding sentence).
He completely outclassed a man who made Thurman
wince in pain from a mean body shot and knocked out Victor Ortiz.
Seriously, some of these moves are pretty much like fatalities and they have been designed to make everyone
wince as kombatants twist necks, break spinal columns, smash skulls, thrust blades in the retinas of enemies and in Raiden's case, launch an enemy into the stratosphere and them back down to earth.
At last I can read a discussion like this without physically
wincing with grief or sobbing.
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.
if you're the kind of person that does
n't wince at glitches, with an interest in a authentic story, this might be the shooter for you.
Silicon Valley office landlords are still
wincing from the sweeping technology bust that emptied their buildings in 2001 and 2002 as quickly as the technology boom absorbed space during the late 1990s...
Juan is the con - man with loyalty and a sense of family, who does it all to help his father and who
winces whenever Marcos, the con - man without scruples, swindles even old ladies out of their money.
Jan 04,2016... MOST
PEOPLE wince as replays on NFL broadcasts show players «joints buckling and bones breaking.
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.
There's just enough resilience left in the suspension that you can race over rough patches
without wincing at the sight of a bump.
But sometimes that delay is enough to make a book publicist, who loves instant gratification as much as the next person,
wince just a little bit.
Tiger Woods might be headed for another early exit as he's struggling on the scorecard
while wincing in pain after nearly every shot.
I've been buying creamy white sweaters like its my job, and I didn't
even wince when I pulled out some fall booties for the first time this week -LCB- granted, they were peep - toe -RCB-.
The shocking imagery makes the
audience wince as the music elevates with seemingly random, jarring noises.
Max hired a car and driver to chauffeur them around for the night, and Bronte
winced slightly at the needless expense.
While Clegg's leadership rival Chris Huhne fights for his seat in Eastleigh, the party leader is being joined by Dr Cable (he doesn't
wince if you call him mister) on the election trail.
It's a scenario we've
winced through in other cinematic portraits of down - at - heel America, though rarely has it been quite so cruelly presented.
Despite significant challenges ahead, the U.S. economy leads the world in high - tech manufacturing and technology - infused services, said
Deborah Wince - Smith, president of the nonprofit Council on Competitiveness.
Tony Gilroy (one of four credited writers) has a fantastic writer's back catalogue including the Bourne films so it's disappointing that this doesn't match those earlier works — perhaps if there'd been a smaller group delivering the script, it might have had stronger direction and fewer
wince inducing moments of which there weren't many but certainly enough to make me squirm in my seat when they arrived.
The balderdash quotient is high at all party conferences, but at a time like this people will
wince more than ever at high - minded phrases from government ministers that disguise a very different reality.
«Information is power,» says Vetras,
who winced at what the first few field reports revealed.
I spent far more
time wincing at how bad everything looked than being immersed inside the creepy, demon - infested sci - fi base.
Hooton
only winces when the name of a contemporary like Vida Blue is mentioned.
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.
And even his closest friends
wince on occasion when he lets himself get carried away rhetorically.
I did
wince once when I hit a sewer - cover - sized hole, but the tires and rims were fine.
If the infamous «hobbling» scene in Rob Reiner's «Misery» made you hide behind the sofa, then prepare to
wince hard at «Mission: Impossible - Fallout» — as Tom Cruise shatters his ankle for real.
But that doesn't stop them from
wincing about it, and over the years they've become ever more wary about trying to block that kick.
What isn't normal is that we process this milk and bottle it in gallon containers, and
then wince when a mom admits that her partner drinks breastmilk straight from her breast.
Windows Mobile 2003 was built on version 4.2 of
WinCE which added.
I, the 6ft 3 guy who
visibly winced and hid behind popcorn when Sean Astin took on Shelob a few years back, am being followed by a giant shadowy arachnid that has thrice already impaled me with its leg and shaken me around until my limbs start falling off.
I
also wince when I hear authors say, «My book is entitled...» UGH!!!
The kind where your lips would pucker and you'd slightly
wince after every sip.
Audiences will rather be
left wincing at the brashness of it all, while constantly wondering how many minutes of screentime are left.
Some of us can handle it in high amounts, while
others wince at the slightest twinge of it.
Cats with Stage III lesions will
often wince when touched around the face, and some cats may begin hiding or become aggressive.
It's really the kind of thing one would only want to do for the shared experience with others, snickering at it, or
wincing throughout, and then talking about which actor was the hottest or which death the most gruesome once it is over.
Although I still will say to myself that it's wrong to say «between you and I,» and «presently» doesn't mean «now,» I have managed to contain those judgments for the most part and damn near don't even
wince anymore.
Going by how much they spend on players, they should be the
ones wincing in pain for not thrashing us.
When I turned back to show the product line to a curious customer I saw a
woman wincing as she swept the device across her chin and ripped out the chin hairs!
She ultimately made the request,
wincing internally all the while, and to her surprise, her boss agreed.