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Cringes is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cringes in a sentence

Related words

Cringes | Cringe

Cringes meaning

plural of cringe

Using Cringes

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of cringe
  • In the example corpus, cringes often appears in combinations such as: cringes at, cringes when.

Context around Cringes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

travis 1× carville 1× collectively 1×

Sentence patterns with Cringes

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

carville cringes at the 1× he often cringes at his 1× one who cringes when i 1× public collectively cringes as valentine 1× said she cringes at their 1× travis cringes when the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

carville cringes at 1× every year as 1× i used to 1× mikoto s real 1× travis cringes when 1×

Common sentence endings:

advances toward girls 1× children going hungry 1× in his direction 1× read this sentence 1× s day approaches 1×

Words around Cringes

Just before it in the word index:

cringed 24 cringe 179 crinetics 6 crinan 6 crin 2 crimthann 3

Just after it in the word index:

cringeworthy 48 cringey 15 cringiest 2 cringila 6 cringing 14 cringingly 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Cringes

  • In this selection, "cringes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, travis, carville and collectively stand out and add context to how "cringes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include carville cringes at the and he often cringes at his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cringes" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cringes

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

Carville cringes at the real possibility of those children going hungry. (11 words)

Am I the only one who cringes when I read this sentence? (12 words)

Travis cringes when the word “hero” is uttered, pointed in his direction. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

I used to think I was being speculative and judgemental, until I read a similar confession from a friend of mine who’s a Florida resident, who said she cringes at their headlines much more often than a Floridian should have to. (42 words)

Every year as the winter holidays come to a close, the general public collectively cringes as Valentine’s Day approaches. (20 words)

Mikoto's real personality is timid and bashful, and he often cringes at his own advances toward girls. (18 words)

Question examples

Am I the only one who cringes when I read this sentence? (12 words)

Example sentences (6)

Am I the only one who cringes when I read this sentence?

Mikoto's real personality is timid and bashful, and he often cringes at his own advances toward girls.

Travis cringes when the word “hero” is uttered, pointed in his direction.

Carville cringes at the real possibility of those children going hungry.

Every year as the winter holidays come to a close, the general public collectively cringes as Valentine’s Day approaches.

I used to think I was being speculative and judgemental, until I read a similar confession from a friend of mine who’s a Florida resident, who said she cringes at their headlines much more often than a Floridian should have to.

Common combinations with cringes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cringes" in a sentence?
An example: "Am I the only one who cringes when I read this sentence?" This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "cringes" from authentic English texts.
What does "cringes" mean?
Cringes means: plural of cringe
How many example sentences with "cringes" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "cringes", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.