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WINCE

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wince I. verb intranzitiv

a se înfiora, a tresări; a se chirci, a se zgârci (mai ales de durere), a se crispa.

wince II. substantiv

convulsie, tresărire (nervoasă, de durere); crispare.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Aye, aye! you needn't wince! said my aunt.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

My wife had always been a woman of a frank, open nature, and it gave me a chill to see her slinking into her own room, and crying out and wincing when her own husband spoke to her.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin winced, then grinned.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The young man winced.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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