How do you use Cringing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like groveling or grovelling, plus the exact meaning.
Cringing meaning
present participle and gerund of cringe
Synonyms of Cringing
Using Cringing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of cringe
- Useful related words include: groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy.
- In the example corpus, cringing often appears in combinations such as: cringing at, of cringing.
Context around Cringing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cringing
- In this selection, "cringing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, skirts, heard, everyone, embarrassment, compassion and slightly stand out and add context to how "cringing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actually been cringing on the and admitted to cringing at his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cringing" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cringing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Something that makes me shiver (and not because I’m cringing). (11 words)
Yet, the employee may have actually been cringing on the inside. (11 words)
Fear of pain in a plausible situation brings flinching, or cringing. (11 words)
The words “foie gras nachos” had me cringing slightly, but the base plate of nachos themselves were delicious topped as it was with cubes of fresh tomato and perfectly ripe avocado, along with plenty of cilantro and just the right slick of melted cheddar. (44 words)
Sir Robbie's venture comes amid growing tensions between No 10 and the BBC, with Downing Street saying the Corporation speaks only to a 'pro-Remain metropolitan bubble' and Boris Johnson accusing the BBC of 'cringing embarrassment about our history'. (40 words)
It is a biography of cringing, compassion, and somebody’s-got-to-do-it resourcefulness, plus irritations, but with a breezy heft of fabrication. (24 words)
Example sentences (14)
Something that makes me shiver (and not because I’m cringing).
He’s admitted to cringing at his old behavior, but that’s not enough.
I smoothed down the front of my dark skirts, cringing a little at the flour splattered across my bodice.
Showing off the painful process in a clip, the wife of could be heard cringing and screaming.
Sir Robbie's venture comes amid growing tensions between No 10 and the BBC, with Downing Street saying the Corporation speaks only to a 'pro-Remain metropolitan bubble' and Boris Johnson accusing the BBC of 'cringing embarrassment about our history'.
This same woman was reporting on a murder on Anna Maria Island this weekend and I was cringing at how bad it was.
Utterly confused, Monica attempted to prove herself by massaging Chandler again, this time noticing him cringing in pain.
Sometimes it looks like they’re cringing as if in pain, and there may be a reason for that.
Yet, the employee may have actually been cringing on the inside.
It is a biography of cringing, compassion, and somebody’s-got-to-do-it resourcefulness, plus irritations, but with a breezy heft of fabrication.
The words “foie gras nachos” had me cringing slightly, but the base plate of nachos themselves were delicious topped as it was with cubes of fresh tomato and perfectly ripe avocado, along with plenty of cilantro and just the right slick of melted cheddar.
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
Fear of pain in a plausible situation brings flinching, or cringing.
Krige recalled the first day she had her makeup applied: "I saw everyone cringing.
Common combinations with cringing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cringing at 2×
- of cringing 2×