Now this rich memory gave her a name that she dreaded to invite to the lips of Mrs. Beale: she should personally wince so just to hear it.
Why, I wonder that just the recollection of my red hands, knobbly and spread with work, does not make you wince into aloofness.
The arm under Harry's here gave a wince perhaps,--ever so slight a wince.
Now, for the first time, Harry began to wince at the words of his young lecturer.
Angelica proceeded to deposit one of her erratic kisses somewhere on the old duke's head, with an emphasis which caused him to wince perceptibly.
The sight of the thick-soled boots gave her a positive thrill of joy; she looked unmoved at the mud on the carpet, and did not even wince when he crumpled her best silk cushion behind his back.
The thought that her father was ashamed of her made Lilias wince with pain, nor did her sisters' reception of the news help to restore her composure.
There was a vague motion under her hands, as if a wince of pain made the flesh quiver.
Not so well as you think, or a grip of the hand like that wouldn't have made you wince so.
His voice faltered, and he gripped us by the hand in turn, with a force that made me, for one, wince and cringe.
It made her wince to think of him as master under that roof.
What was there in those words to make Bertha wince as if someone had struck her a blow?
And she said it in a tone that makes me wince as I recall it.
If the road from his cell were long enough, the condemned man would be fretting less about the gallows than about the tight shoe that was making him limp andwince at every step.
He, stout knave, so whipt, did not a jot relent; but I did wince at every stroke; and my master hung his head.
With his hands thrust deep in his trousers pockets Symes faced her, eyeing her with an expression which would have made most women wince but which she returned with absolute composure.
She saw the girl wince at the name by which no one as yet had called her.
Wince pit, Wince pot, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like.
It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment.
I've seen him wince at the sound of her voice in the room.
Elizabeth's passionate incredulity, the difficulty she felt in understanding her sister's motives, her exaggerated praise, made Dinah wince in positive pain.
He told him all he knew himself; he saw him wince when he spoke of the Roman models and the billiard-marker turned into a valet.
He simulated a shudder and seemed towince at the words.
He made no grimace, nor did he show any irritation at the none-too-keen blade that played havoc with more than the lather, nor did he wince at what must at times have been anything but a painless operation.
He steeled himself against the instinctive impulse to wince at the sharp prick of the needle which he knew was coming--and felt instead a cold and curiously merciless rage sweep over him as the act was performed.
This lady travelled all the way from London expressly on purpose to"-- But here a pinch in the arm prevented any further revelation, and made Mr Clam wince as if he had been stung by an adder.
But never mind, never mind, one shall wince for it, if he has been playing ducks and drakes with my good money.
She heard the thud, saw Trafford wince and stiffen.
Whenever he came near her she would wince at the freedoms a large, kind hand might take with her elbow or wrist, at a possible sudden, clumsy pat at some erring strand of hair.
Its efforts to move no longer made Chris wince and forget his own pains in those he felt at seeing the mustang suffer.
Her unnatural tone made him wince unpleasantly and he replied hastily.
That damned cattle are so high fed that they must needs be high-mettled, and ready to wince and give two ups for one go-down when anyone offers to ride them below the crupper.
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