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Definition of Cringed
1. cringe [v] - See also: cringe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cringed
Literary usage of Cringed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"They are fond of trampling on those who have bent and cringed to them.—1836. u.
Ours till lately was a government of maxims, and perhaps is so in great ..."
2. The Novelist's Magazine (1785)
"... not only daz'led her with his fécond -hand finery, but he fawned, and flattered,
and cringed ; he taught her to take rappee, and presented her with a ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"... passed Christmas with him in the country; and they cringed and bowed before Sir
... Ringwood as they had bowed and cringed before the earl in his time. ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"They affably went and passed Christmas with him in the country ; and they cringed
and bowed before Sir John Ringwood as they had bowed and cringed before ..."
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