squinches 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of squinch
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as in crouches
to lie low with the limbs close to the body squinched down to fit under the table

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as in distorts
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition squinched up her eyes in disgust

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squinches

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noun

plural of squinch

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Verb
  • This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This is all before Raleigh crouches behind the plate for roughly three hours, calling 150 pitches a night and manning a 13-person pitching staff’s stuff, repertoire, and personality.
    Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It was detected in a process called gravitational lensing, which involves the way its gravity distorts light passing through or near it.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This pressure also distorts decision-making.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bingo momentarily flinches, and Atlas rolls onto his back in response.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Months later, Anderson, 50, still avoids crowds, doesn’t go out after dark and flinches when the doorbell rings.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There's room for laughs amid the tears and smiles amid the frowns.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Over the course of an hour, a virtuosic guitarist, a singer, and three dancers performed a program of mournful music and percussive dance, their faces set in serious frowns—an integral part of the performance.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Stewart contorts his face with a look of disbelief when asked if Montgomery has stayed on him.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lina winces at the sound of Jaya munching on an apple, made worse by the static on the line.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In free fall, the sheet deforms into an upside-down bell when a weight is attached at its center.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • According to Burlison, the video shows a high-speed object—presumably the missile—hitting the orb, which then deforms, tumbles, and sheds smaller fragments, one barely visible.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Payton cringes at the mention of a sophomore slump, that defenses will figure out Nix.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Squinches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinches. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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