Sentence examples for pinch by from inspiring English sources

She specializes in tiny wontons, and a dish called "smooth fish," finely chopped white fish mixed with potato flour and dropped, pinch by pinch, into simmering soup.

Such help could probably be supplied, at a pinch, by the alliance's European members, but not attack-helicopters to enforce the no-fly zone over Darfur which is also patently needed.

But after 10 minutes of twisting, and a pinch by pliers, the manifold came free, though Mr. Mitchell, putting his nose in close, was not pleased with its odor, and thus its cleanliness.

The Obama administration is allied with state treasurers and the Senate Democratic leadership in pushing for renewal, arguing that the program eases the state budget pinch by cutting borrowing costs and gets job-creating projects up and rolling in an anemic economy.

A quick pinch by a cool watch might just be better than the current prick methods used by diabetics.

You can take care of that in a pinch by getting her a Chastity Bra and throwing away the key.

A dramatic setting, pinched by Tyne valley.

The working-age poor are being pinched by a cap on welfare payments.

For now, giants like Exxon are hardly being pinched by the campaign.

Thousands of church properties pinched by the state are being slowly returned.

AFTER watching their portfolios plummet in value, many investors are now being pinched by higher fees.