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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cringe by" is not a grammatically correct phrase
It wouldn't be used in written English, but rather as a spoken expression. An example of its use would be, "I could tell my joke was bad when the audience started to cringe by."
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The irrepressibly optimistic MP for Clacton sees the yearning to leave the EU not as a foetal cringe by old-fashioned voters but precisely the opposite.
Marbury instead makes the N.B.A. cringe by airing his existence live on the Internet, which apparently included crashing his car on Thursday while filming himself.
But if the tragic fashion trend in uniform design hasn't been enough to make you cringe by the opening tip-off, many of the games themselves have taken on the qualify of getting a cavity filled without Novocaine.
My mother can still make me cringe by producing the first letter I ever wrote (but which she never sent), addressed to the secretary of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, asking to play for the beloved county.
It's also made them cringe by strong-arming New York City into giving the team public funds to subsidize its new $1.5 billion stadium while simultaneously flexing its herculean financial muscles to grab expensive free agents like a spoiled heir stockpiling rare sports cars.
ABC's "Modern Family," however, is showing us that product integration doesn't always have to make us cringe by partnering with a group that a main character already belongs to: a real estate trade organization.
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Any remaining holdouts will surely be cringing by the end of the Olympics.
Bands – including The Cringe, led by Ms. Ray's husband, John Cusimano; the Danish duo the Raveonettes; the pensive French-Canadian group the Stills; and the unprintable Holy **** – were playing in the back yard.
Alongside its trailblazing cringe comedy, by the end of the latter's run it was very much playing for pathos rather than side-splitting potential; one of the things that helped usher in this age of human-condition comedy.
With his Harry Potter glasses and bashful smile, 39-year-old Kevin Martin may not seem like a man who can make corporate titans cringe simply by opening his mouth.
I cringe just by thinking about it.
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