Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a flinching manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a flinching manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With a
flinching motion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ralston -- who consulted closely with the filmmakers and spent time on the set -- says all that fastidious attention to detail is what makes the scene ring so flinchingly true.
Harrowing minutes define '127 Hours,' which chronicles Aron Ralston's Utah trek Jen Chaney 2010
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He is utterly, unarguably, never-flinchingly signed up to free market forces.
How the DWP intends to eliminate child poverty Valleys Mam 2007
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With a further effort he kept his eyes open and flinchingly surveyed the scene around him.
The Creature from Cleveland Depths Fritz Leiber 1951
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Instantly he looked away, flinchingly, and met Fat
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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He held out half a biscuit that he happened to have in his jacket pocket, and the monkey looked at him curiously, as it held out one long thin black hand, flinchingly, as if expecting to be teased.
Middy and Ensign George Manville Fenn 1870
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Pearl Hand just smiled to herself, a wry twist of the lips having replaced the scowl I’d flinchingly become accustomed to.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Pearl Hand just smiled to herself, a wry twist of the lips having replaced the scowl I’d flinchingly become accustomed to.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Hannah Miller and Marie Jones are solid as the female leads, tackling some of Thompson’s more flinchingly uncomfortable moments.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Theatre Review: The Crackwalker 2008
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