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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cringe to" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to express the feeling of being embarrassed or uncomfortable about something. For example, "She cringed to see how he was acting on the dance floor."
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I cringe to think of it.
Is there an element of cultural cringe to that?
You might think airlines would cringe to hear that, but they don't, not really.
Finally, Beth Garrod's Super Awkward (Scholastic) is an outrageously funny slalom from cringe to cringe.
Dave must not cringe to the Tory dinosaurs who have tasted blood.
And I cringe to remember the fashion media's pride that our designers were kicking goals internationally.
There are plenty of posts that I'm proud of, and others that make me cringe to think about.
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Circuses used to have freak shows in which (one cringes to recall) malformed, grotesque and exotic humanity was paraded before paying crowds.
Asante shows that Britain, in cringing to Bechuanaland's overweening neighbour, was effectively attempting to revive two queasy spectres from prewar life: appeasement and abdication.
Many viewers cringed to watch their messy lives unfold.
One cringes to imagine the fallout when ISIS or Putin decline to treat Donald fairly.
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