verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shudder/wince at the memory of sth (= be upset by remembering something )
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She shuddered at the memory of her parents fighting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
memory
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She winced , smarting beneath memories of Giles's disbelief and the greedy delight that had turned to frustrated irritation.
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She bit her lip, wincing at the memory of her resentful scheming.
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He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port.
pain
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He winced with pain and made to grab at her.
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Rubbing his cheekbones in slow circles, he winces with pain at the sight of his own ugly mug.
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He tried once or twice before hopping to the farmhouse, wincing in pain whenever he jolted the injured ankle.
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She winced in pain as she felt a shock across her back at the impact.
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We used to watch the game together and I'd suddenly see him wince in pain .
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He winced in pain as he climbed down the staircase leading on to the tarmac, where an airline bus awaited him.
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It had thorns like daggers, Sabine discovered, wincing with the pain of her torn fingers.
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Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain .
■ VERB
make
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It was the surprise and indignity of watching the yellow stain spread which made me wince .
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Miguel scowled and the pain this caused made him wince .
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From that time, his anti-Semitism grew so shrill and scurrilous that its virulence still makes one wince .
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Some of the murders will make you wince .
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It was a continual clanking, rotating sound, a whirring rhythmic, steel-against-steel sound that made your teeth wince .
see
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We used to watch the game together and I'd suddenly see him wince in pain.
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I glanced over at Kip again and saw him wince when he weighed down on the pedal with his hurt foot.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When he laughed, he winced with pain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fred often winced when he witnessed his wife's impudence and guile, but he realised she was right.
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Halting in front of the mirror in the front room, the mirror that he had forced her to stare into, she winced.
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He undressed, then crawled be-tween the gritty sheets, wincing with each creaking spring.
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His microphone whistled a little and Sally winced in embarrassment.
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I winced as the engine caught.
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Ralph winced, turned his attention to another man, a man drawing a woman over to his stool.
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She winced at their infelicities, at the clumsy way they beat about the bush.
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We drank and winced and waited for the lesson to begin.