Sentence examples for pinch about from inspiring English sources

So the crisis is partly inter-generational, as you would expect from the Resolution Foundation, whose chair is the ex-universities minister, David "Two Brains" Willetts, who wrote a book called The Pinch about the boomers' failure to do better by the kids, though it didn't stop him whacking up student tuition fees to £9,000.

One of the government's best brains is David Willetts, minister for universities and science, who wrote an intriguing book called The Pinch, about how the generation now rising into retirement is clearing up Britain's wealth at the expense of the young.

We recently spoke to Rob Ellis (Pinch) about the milestone ten years his label Tectonic is marking this year.

1. Melt half the butter in a medium pan over medium heat and add the onion and a four-fingered pinch (about one-fourth teaspoon) of salt.

Add the shallot and a three-finger pinch (about one-eighth teaspoon) of salt and cook until some of the water has cooked out of the butter and it has stopped foaming, about 1 minute.

"To win an Olympic medal of any colour was almost unthinkable, so six gold medals later it's something I have to pinch myself about".

But no, they were too pinched about the haunches and too self-involved to be true lovers.

And there seemed something rather pinched about English writing that maybe had something to do with class and our education system and our inability to talk for a whole society.

This is detectable on the inside/phone-side surface of the battery by gently pinching about the surface between one's fingers.

Test the rubber integrity by pinching about three inches (8 cm) of the sidewall and looking carefully for small cracks, dry rot, or discoloration.

The hair is still so short, I can just about pinch a piece between forefinger and thumb.