winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries
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Everyone on the Duke sidelines held their collective breath as the star winced in pain.—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 By the end of the performance, Andress could be seen tilting her head down, wincing.—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025 The rapper could be seen slapping Rhodes hard on the side of the face, and Rhodes winced as soon as he was hit.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 Then, midway through the second set, the defending Australian Open champion winced when running down a ball from the Danish No. 13 seed on his backhand side.—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wince
Word History
Etymology
Middle English wynsen to kick out, start, from Anglo-French *wincer, *guincer to shift direction, dodge, by-form of guenchir, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wenken, wankōn to totter — more at wench
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