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Definition of cringingly in English: cringinglyadverb ˈkrɪndʒɪŋliˈkrinjiNGlē 1In a servile or sycophantic way. Carfax shrank cringingly to one side Example sentencesExamples - "I'm not really sure I offered," she said cringingly, although she was glad she seemed to have been that first girl.
- Carfax shrank cringingly to one side, and Monceux dismounted from his milk-white horse to meet his King.
- 1.1informal usually as submodifier So as to make one feel embarrassed or disgusted.
their early performances were cringingly awkward Example sentencesExamples - You have to watch, even if it is just to see how cringingly awful it can get.
- The inquiry website, on which more than 6,000 pages of documents - some cringingly private - have been posted, has become the most popular website in the UK.
- The whole show was cringingly off the mark and much of the time was just plain boring and pointless.
- Docherty was flattered and received florid correspondence praising his talents, something that most Scots might find cringingly embarrassing.
- Technology is so cringingly cheap these days, I almost despair at the ease with which people are suckered in by brand name marketing.
- Nonetheless, it was one of the most entertaining, brutally-realistic pieces of television I've seen for a while, even if it was cringingly embarrassing.
- Most of this is cringingly awful and is made worse by the fact that if there is a studio audience in England it goes wild with mirth.
- In an emotional scene where Maureen defends her bulimia, Pratt is cringingly bad.
- To make matters worse, Mancuso was cringingly under-rehearsed on opening night, stopping the performance on at least seven counts to consult his script.
- Newcastle's surf scene is cringingly bad.
- He gave a speech that was arrogant, patronising, and cringingly politically correct.
- Brock, a non-front man's front-man, is oddly chatty and sometimes cringingly open about his life and exploits, especially for a guy who "hates" doing interviews.
- So the morning after, while feeling hideous, we cringingly piece together the results of baser motives unbound.
- Time and again they chose unsuspecting members of an audience and embroiled them in wacky games or ludicrous, sometimes cringingly embarrassing, situations.
- Then I'm jealous because, as cringingly adolescent as it feels to say this, I don't know anyone who shares my paradigm.
- Their early performances in Europe were cringingly awful.
- Sure, it's cringingly inappropriate at times, but the writers have spent more of their time over the last four years creating genuine laughs than trying to make censors blush.
- Yes, the patriotic episodes were cringingly obvious.
- Despite this, many of the scenes between Jet and Seigl are brilliantly, cringingly drawn, getting to the nub of sibling psychodrama.
- Recently, a friend cringingly preceded a car advice question with the statement, "I know station wagons are passe, but …"
Definition of cringingly in US English: cringinglyadverbˈkrinjiNGlē 1In a servile or sycophantic way. he shrank cringingly to one side Example sentencesExamples - "I'm not really sure I offered," she said cringingly, although she was glad she seemed to have been that first girl.
- Carfax shrank cringingly to one side, and Monceux dismounted from his milk-white horse to meet his King.
- 1.1informal So as to make one feel embarrassed or disgusted.
their early performances were cringingly awkward Example sentencesExamples - The inquiry website, on which more than 6,000 pages of documents - some cringingly private - have been posted, has become the most popular website in the UK.
- The whole show was cringingly off the mark and much of the time was just plain boring and pointless.
- He gave a speech that was arrogant, patronising, and cringingly politically correct.
- Brock, a non-front man's front-man, is oddly chatty and sometimes cringingly open about his life and exploits, especially for a guy who "hates" doing interviews.
- In an emotional scene where Maureen defends her bulimia, Pratt is cringingly bad.
- Despite this, many of the scenes between Jet and Seigl are brilliantly, cringingly drawn, getting to the nub of sibling psychodrama.
- Sure, it's cringingly inappropriate at times, but the writers have spent more of their time over the last four years creating genuine laughs than trying to make censors blush.
- Recently, a friend cringingly preceded a car advice question with the statement, "I know station wagons are passe, but …"
- Time and again they chose unsuspecting members of an audience and embroiled them in wacky games or ludicrous, sometimes cringingly embarrassing, situations.
- Yes, the patriotic episodes were cringingly obvious.
- Newcastle's surf scene is cringingly bad.
- Technology is so cringingly cheap these days, I almost despair at the ease with which people are suckered in by brand name marketing.
- So the morning after, while feeling hideous, we cringingly piece together the results of baser motives unbound.
- Most of this is cringingly awful and is made worse by the fact that if there is a studio audience in England it goes wild with mirth.
- Their early performances in Europe were cringingly awful.
- Then I'm jealous because, as cringingly adolescent as it feels to say this, I don't know anyone who shares my paradigm.
- Nonetheless, it was one of the most entertaining, brutally-realistic pieces of television I've seen for a while, even if it was cringingly embarrassing.
- Docherty was flattered and received florid correspondence praising his talents, something that most Scots might find cringingly embarrassing.
- You have to watch, even if it is just to see how cringingly awful it can get.
- To make matters worse, Mancuso was cringingly under-rehearsed on opening night, stopping the performance on at least seven counts to consult his script.
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