Examples of cringeworthy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This video is either top-tier bait from an amateur content creator trying to pierce the mainstream or one of the most cringeworthy defenses of Eminem to date. — Bryan Rolli, Forbes, "Gen Z Wants To Cancel Eminem. His Millennial Fans Should Be Proud," 12 Mar. 2021 Her approximations of working-class speech are also cringeworthy. — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, "The Polite Rage of Shirley Hazzard," 19 Feb. 2021 This is why social media can be so cringeworthy—it’s full of people accidentally revealing themselves. — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, "Lauren Oyler on Marxism and Skin Care," 9 Jan. 2021 The film's first cringeworthy scene came during a game of charades when an apprehensive Meredith is forced to play, only for Amy to accuse her of pointing to Patrick, the one Black person in the room, when giving a clue. — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, "A holiday diamond in the rough: An oral history of The Family Stone," 16 Nov. 2020 Shortly after the engagement was announced, Twitter detectives unearthed what appeared to be cringeworthy tweets from Ehrich's Twitter account. — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, "Why Is Demi Lovato’s Ex Starting So Much Drama?," 29 Sep. 2020 Some of these fictional exchanges below are laughable but most are cringeworthy. — Mimi Madrid, The Denver Post, "Madrid: Here’s why you should peel that “native” bumper sticker off your truck," 15 Mar. 2020 More of a study in anthropology than anything else, this eccentric museum displays some of the most revolting, cringeworthy food and drink from cultures around the world. — Washington Post, "Fresh, local and unpretentious: A Swedish city with a stirring culinary scene," 31 Jan. 2020 As for Golding, his most cringeworthy audition was for a commercial as well — one where he was asked to dance. — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE.com, "Last Christmas Stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding Relive Their Most Cringeworthy Auditions," 29 Oct. 2019

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