Cringing Definition

Cringing Sentence Examples

• She felt his cold gaze and didn't face him, cringing instead.

• The word is now generally used in the sense of a cringing flatterer of the great.

• Descartes, in his correspondence with the Jesuits, had shown an almost cringing eagerness to have their powerful organization on his side.

• Allen swallowed again, almost cringing as he licked his lips and turned desperate eyes on Lisa.

• She floundered to a sitting position, then her feet, cringing as she struggled upright, the sting in her wounded knees bringing tears to her eyes.