Which preposition to use with wincing
He did not even wince at the accusation.
" He saw Donnegan wince under the whip.
The surgeon winced with the pain of his grasp.
" Donnegan replied by looking straight at her, and this time she did not wince from the glance.
But the English language had not undergone half of its present mutations in the year 1776; and no one winced in admitting that he served a "master," though the gorges of several rose at the idea of being engaged in the service of any one, considered in a military point of view.
Hiram winced before Mrs. Whitney's triumphant glance.
The dumb man chattered in his exultation, and Sharkey winced for the first time when he saw the empty mouth before him.
At the first note Sir Beverley started, almost winced as at the sudden piercing of a nerve.
Bull felt a sudden wincing of all that great body; the quarters sank and trembled.
There was then no valid reasonno reason at all unless she were willing to go rummaging in that dark room of her mind for itwhy John should always wince like that when one reminded him of Mary.
The smith must be adroit at his task, and the convict steady in his position; for, as the fetter is tight round the neck, the hammer, in its blow, must pass within a quarter of an inch of his skull, and a wince on his part might prove fatal.
The king acquiesced for the moment, but probably not without some secret wincing at the control to which he seemed to be subjected; and we may, perhaps, suppose that even the queen's disapproval of the minister would have been less effectual had it not been re-enforced by the king's own feelings.
It was only a feeler, and he had noticed a wince of regret in his landlord.