I winced in sympathy at female tennis players who have their periods during Wimbledon, when they must wear white and are allowed one toilet break per set.
More Australians winced than applauded when they learned of their country's very last vote at the end of its two year term on the security council.
Prince Charles, wearing a few more medals than last year, winced when his mother came to the passage about increasing the number of apprentices.
Watching the documentary film Ballets Russes last week, I winced as ancient ballerinas, octogenarians if a day, retraced sequences from their Diaghilev-era youth dressed in backless leotards and diaphanous tutus, attitudes struck with dove hands and much dewy simpering.
Early in the second, Tyson connected with a bearish left and Douglas winced.
In Jordan, the Arab audience winced every time Laura Bush (the president's wife), Robert Zoellick (deputy secretary of state) and Ms Cheney (daughter of the vice-president) mentioned Mr Bush's belief in "freedom".
ROD BLAGOJEVICH, a former governor of Illinois, winced at every count on which a jury found him guilty all 17 of them in his second corruption trial.
Mr Zimmerman winced when Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, fired up conservatives at Israel's recent elections by warning that Arab-Israelis were poised to vote in "droves".
After his bilious journey "Up North", he has now winced and shuddered his way through a different kind of country: the "season", the social calendar of the upper classes.
No doubt some Travelers shareholders will have winced at the price, given Mr Weill's reputation for buying on the cheap.Certainly, few Salomon shareholders are likely to grumble.
Though gay marriage is not permitted, some Australian states do allow civil unions.Creative destructionRepublicans winced as Mitt Romney's presidential campaign went decidedly off message.
