winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries
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Immediately, Moore was on the ground and wincing in pain.—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 Aramayo is excellent in the role, easily transversing between John’s pain and confusion and a wincing humor about the whole situation.—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 Sideline reporter Stacey Dales said on the YouTube broadcast that Worthy was wincing in pain and went to the X-ray room.—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 Worthy was in immediate pain on the turf and could be seen on the Chiefs' sideline hanging his right shoulder down and wincing.—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wince
Word History
Etymology
Middle English wynsen to kick out, start, from Anglo-French *wincer, *guincer to shift direction, dodge, by-form of guenchir, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wenken, wankōn to totter — more at wench
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