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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 Mindful of the land mines around establishing novel hunting seasons, and wincing over rejection of crane hunting on at least two previous occasions, promoters of the sandhill hunt were intentional about building stakeholder support for a season.—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025 Towns, a righty, winced and grabbed his shooting hand but remained in the game.—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 Nix played every snap in the game, but he was seen wincing in the fourth quarter after throwing a touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton and wore a wrap on the sideline for part of the game.—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 14 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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