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Cringed | Cringing | Cringes

Cringed meaning

simple past and past participle of cringe

Using Cringed

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of cringe
  • In the example corpus, cringed often appears in combinations such as: cringed at, cringed when, have cringed.

Context around Cringed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cleary 1× hanke 1× physically 1× osbourne 1× bystanders 1× everyone 1× collectively 1× butler 1×

Often after:

badly 1× too 1× pretty 1×

Sentence patterns with Cringed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as bystanders cringed and grimaced 1× butler cringed when her 1× carlos and cringed at the 1× cleary cringed when reminded 1× fact everyone cringed a little 1× fans have cringed at the 1× fans really cringed badly when 1× hanke cringed at the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

butler cringed when 1× cleary cringed when 1× even some fans 1× fans really cringed 1× former fox news 1× hanke cringed at 1×

Common sentence endings:

a holiday gift 1× a welfare office 1× about the incident 1× cringed at them 1× cringed too much 1× during the auditions 1×

Words around Cringed

Just before it in the word index:

cringe 179 crinetics 6 crinan 6 crin 2 crimthann 3 crimsons 2

Just after it in the word index:

cringes 7 cringeworthy 48 cringey 15 cringiest 2 cringila 6 cringing 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapi 29 aarey 29 aberdare 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 actuaries 29

Corpus analysis for Cringed

  • In this selection, "cringed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cleary, hanke, physically, badly, too and pretty stand out and add context to how "cringed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as bystanders cringed and grimaced and butler cringed when her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cringed" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cringed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cleary cringed when reminded about the incident. (7 words)

I cringed pretty hard while reading that list. (8 words)

Fans really cringed badly when she kept talking while eating. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

It was going to take seven votes to win, and then Mariaelena chose to stand behind Tatum and Bobby because she pretty much hated Carlos and cringed at the idea of him winning the money. (35 words)

Hanke cringed at the arrogance and callousness that propelled Tinubu to purchase aircraft with about 150 billion naira at a time Nigeria’s inflation rate has gone haywire. (28 words)

I cringed every time I heard the front door open or close, and when any of the kids returned home, I grilled them remorselessly. (24 words)

Example sentences (20)

Cleary cringed when reminded about the incident.

Fans really cringed badly when she kept talking while eating.

I didn’t watch it – my wifi was pretty patchy and when I tried I was either too tired, or cringed too much.

Hanke cringed at the arrogance and callousness that propelled Tinubu to purchase aircraft with about 150 billion naira at a time Nigeria’s inflation rate has gone haywire.

I have never physically cringed as hard as when I read this in Serena’s transcript.

Jack Osbourne laughed at a remark about Britney Spears while his mom Sharon Osbourne cringed.

The boys landed with a striking thud as bystanders cringed and grimaced at the sound and rushed to move out the way.

Because come on, you know you cringed while watching this.

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I cringed every time I heard the front door open or close, and when any of the kids returned home, I grilled them remorselessly.

I know this because I finally reread my college application essays, and I’m glad to say that I have cringed at them.

In fact, everyone cringed a little at watching themselves during the auditions.

Even some fans have cringed at the more explicit moments.

He cringed when he realized it was just a few blocks away from a welfare office.

It was going to take seven votes to win, and then Mariaelena chose to stand behind Tatum and Bobby because she pretty much hated Carlos and cringed at the idea of him winning the money.

The internet collectively cringed at in which a husband gave his wife an exercise bike as a holiday gift.

When I went back and reread the posts, I cringed.

Butler cringed when her name was mentioned then gave the impression that s*x with her was horrible.

Former Fox News personality Eric Bolling said Tuesday that he “cringed a little bit” when he heard Ingraham make her initial comment.

I cringed a bit when he told me the story.

I cringed pretty hard while reading that list.

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Common combinations with cringed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cringed" in a sentence?
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What does "cringed" mean?
Cringed means: simple past and past participle of cringe
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