| 单词 | cringe |
| 例句 | Tee cringed and then rolled her eyes beneath her perfectly coifed pompadour. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Be that as it may, red-eyed and dully cringing in his doorway, Herbie could only stare helplessly at the sexual holocaust taking place in his neighbors’ pen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She cringed away from Shagga, flushed and fearful, trying to cover her charms with her hands and coming up a hand short. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He took a long swig and made a big production out how refreshing it was—even though he was still sort of cringing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw Clancy cringe at the high-pitched shriek of sirens, too, but he straightened himself up from his core. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Maybe it was out of pride, or some deep- rooted disdain for authority—or, I thought with a cringe, maybe the Gypsies just wanted the satisfaction of killing us themselves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I look up, cringing, terrified the Commandant has returned. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I cringed, already knowing what was happening, but I had to look anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I cringe through another mouthful of breaded eggplant. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I suppressed my internal cringing at the thought of Edward and Charlie and the word boyfriend all in the same room at the same time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Scruffy answered with even more frantic barks—the kind that could make even a dog cringe. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I cringe at the idea of having to explain to Mama that I got kicked out an hour into being here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I cringe as I watch my mom, Little Miss Clueless, shake her head as she turns to face the wall. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Some were hostile, some cringing, some horrified; some, who when among themselves were most violent, now appeared as submissive as children. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The squirrel scowled at her, and Seven cringed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I caught myself cringing, jumping at the sound of his voice. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I cringe a little, but he’s speaking the truth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And suddenly I can feel the serpent cringe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There are off-hour trips to silent museums, where the boy tries and fails to walk through galleries as quietly as his instructor does, cringing when each footfall echoes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He would cringe and flinch, if they stepped near him or made any sudden movement, and he avoided the touch of their elven-cloaks; but he was friendly, and indeed pitifully anxious to please. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The shrinking sheik turned a bright crimson and actually cringed against the hatrack, while Ernestine picked up one of Dad’s walking sticks and started after the younger set, bent on premeditated, cold-blooded mayhem. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, Neville put a hand over his eyes and cringed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I cringe inside, wondering if it sounded like I meant the circumstances were more upsetting to people than Tariq's actual death. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Remembering who it was that he had spoken to in this insolent fashion, Redtooth cringed, expecting Cluny to deal him a blow for impudence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He would have cringed at the sight of the intruder’s weapon, whimpered, and crept away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We all giggled, but I cringed on the inside. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I cracked my eyes open, trying not to cringe as the light flooded in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As Emma read the pages, there were parts that made her cringe; passages that she worried would move people farther away from God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture over the couch caught my eye—the cringing, red-cheeked maiden—and I wondered what Alice was feeling just then. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile I was there and not there, cringing at Luce’s touch, sprouting goose bumps, and worrying that I hadn’t washed properly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She resumed cringing in horror once Mr. Quisling finished copying James’s note: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The newsmen packed up their gear, relieving Molly, who had cringed at the thought of being photographed in her laden condition and having to brace up for a royal reception in Sweden. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But instead of plugging your ears with your fingers and shutting your eyes and cringing, as you used to do whenever firecrackers went off, you handed me your bag of beads and picked up Kutti. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Tats is walking over to us, a curious expression on her face, and I cringe. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But it asks for things that make me cringe like height, weight, hair color, eye color, career ambition, and talent. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I said, cringing even as the word left my mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We sit and wait, cringing at the sound of glass breaking, things smashing as his gang ransacks the house and the grounds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And although agreeing with Henry on any level makes me cringe, I say, “Besides, we don’t want to open that box until we have no choice.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A head was shooting upward from the ground; limbs were sprouting; a moment later, a man was standing where Scabbers had been, cringing and wringing his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My voice is a squeak, and it makes me cringe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I swallow, cringing as my own saliva feels like I gulped hot coals. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Valley and Thorn cringed, and that’s when Seven realized they weren’t alone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Where else is there?” asked Hermione, cringing as the men on the other side of the road started wolf-whistling at her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Henry says, cringing so hard at himself that one eye closes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Pokémon,” Kent says, and he cringes a little like I’m about to make fun of him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Jody cringed, for he had never heard Billy speak in such a tone. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I love Nick to pieces, but this is cringe central. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Trying not to cringe, I watch as she skips through the exit, weaving in and out of after-school traffic. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Candice tried not to cringe as he read to himself, his lips moving silently as he made his way down the page. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I cringed at the sound of my name and raised my hand. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He let out a low, gurgly burp that made Thomas cringe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Hey,” he said, and cringed, “there’s no need to get violent.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The words came out with a bitterness, and he cringed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She inspected all the glassware for spots or smudges, and when she found them—which was often—she’d scream, “MINNIE!” so loud that Mary cringed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Whatever it is, it’s sweet as syrup and lemon-flavored and makes me cringe a little. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As she stepped into his path, he paused at the sight of her, his eyes gleaming with a hunger that made her want to cringe. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A dark shape reached for him and he cringed, but the words were still there: Please, come with me. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He cringed at her feet all the way back to the Van Sandtford farm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It used to make us laugh, but now we cringed for having trained him in insolence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringe at this comment, but no one else seems to notice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was still in the strait-waistcoat and in the padded room, but the suffused look had gone from his face, and his eyes had something of their old pleading—I might almost say, “cringing”—softness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She cries over his cut swollen lips and cringes as she touches the blood dripping from his skull. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of walking back onto a dance floor alone makes me cringe. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We all cringed with each gunshot or scream. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Something really hurts inside you when you see a dog cringe like that. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As little kids we used to love riding around in it, but now it makes us cringe. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Isidore smelled the rank, cringing body; he inhaled fear from it, fear pouring out, forming a mist. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Joffrey reached for her, and Sansa cringed away from him, backing into the Hound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I cringe from the heat of the night on my face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He cringes and shrugs, which scores a smile out of me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She tried not to cringe as the little girl slid down from the bed with one finger still in her nostril. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I cringed at the mention of his name, even though we’d been broken up for weeks by then. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He cringed reading her references to her boyfriends—The Hot White Ex, Professor Hunk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We walk to the library, and I cringe, thinking of getting into a state like that with Jeremy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I cringe, ready for the second when these people will turn around and see my face flaming red. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, without thinking, I grab my napkin, press it against my jawline, and cringe in pain. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on my bed, cringing through another flush of embarrassment, and kept turning pages, going backward in time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I cringe, remembering the pinpricks like ant bites, and can’t help the side glance at the barrel of stasis gel right next to the pod. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I remember saying this to him once—how embarrassing he was—and cringe at the former me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Some of their mouths and eyes were open in shapes that showed how much they had cringed as they waited for the bullets from behind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d lowered into his saddle, cringing, and now looked up, realized he hadn’t been hit, and raised the spiked club again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Is he going to die?” he forced himself to say, cringing at how shallow and empty it sounded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Instead of cringing, I give him a nasty stare and hold my ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When he sees the occasional $140 charge for having her hair highlighted, she said, “he cringes.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I did not want to alienate him but I was not going to cringe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The mere thought of apathetic high school kids taking advantage of Mrs. Parker made me cringe. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Arthur has hit peak awkward, and even he’s cringing at himself. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He lets out a laugh that makes me cringe. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My head jerks to the side and I cringe away from him, flinging my hands up to protect my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The strap flew at him, but this time Tyrion was able to cringe away from it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The more I spoke about my experiences to Esther, the more I began to cringe at the gruesome details, even though I didn’t let her know that. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I only know how to break locks, not open them,” said Seven, cringing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Even after all these years, he cringed if a black Volkswagen passed him on the street. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It is hard to picture a large expressionless metallic figure cringing, but it managed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The children cringed around their mother, but they did not cry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringe when his eyes find my baby pictures. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z My mom cringed and said, in Farsi, “Is this really what you’re going to wear?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I cried and cringed instead of standing and fighting. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m guessing they were wrong,” Mom said with a cringe. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Even a droplet of blood made her cringe. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her brain simmered with bursts of lilac, cigar smoke, sweat, the cringe of a missed opportunity, pangs of hunger. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes her enthusiasm makes me cringe, but she’s still my favorite teacher. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The way he asks that question as though he already knows the answer makes me cringe inside. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “A fellow like our friend the Spider,” answered Mr. Jaggers, “either beats or cringes. He may cringe and growl, or cringe and not growl; but he either beats or cringes. Ask Wemmick his opinion.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Okay, I’m about to admit something, and you’re probably going to cringe. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Everybody cringed and backed up because of Aegis. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He cringed when he saw them pull a local shopkeeper out of his house and beat him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I cringe as a raspy voice asks, “What you want?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I cringe at his words but say nothing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Its radiance entered the room and pooled before the wily nagual, who was cringing in the farthest corner of the cave. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The young girl cringed when they buckled the eyeless leather mask around the upper half of her face and blinded her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A frail, thin woman and the children cringed against the wall when we entered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringed a little at the position of power I’d been granted, and all because I had won at the genetic lottery that had determined my sex. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The chorus of hospital noises made me cringe. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z But him being known as a poor shot with tobacco juice, I reckon Mama cringed, because he said, “Jest a minute, folks,” and went outside to spit over the banisters. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It makes me cringe, but that is the culture. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He cringed at what his parents would say if they found out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The slightly blaming note in her voice makes me cringe, and I get the urge to go back to my room again and stay there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was hoping to sit for a few minutes when I came out of their bedroom, but cringed when I saw the basket of clothing Parvin had brought in. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He knew that his parents cringed a little, as he did, when Fritz, who lived in the dwelling next door to theirs, received his bike and almost immediately bumped into the podium with it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I cringed when my sister asked, “How can you possibly believe that?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But...if it was all true, why did I feel this burning, cringing inside me like I was the one who’d done something wrong? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I could reach over and touch them if I didn’t think Pa would cringe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He cringed at what his father would say if he learned his son had died in a Fjerdan prison. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “This cringing bit of filth would have seen you die too, without turning a hair. You heard him. His own stinking skin meant more to him than your whole family.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As we squeezed by the throngs in the throbbing house, I cringed at the destruction under way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The dachshund gave a little yelp, then cringed forward, shimmying with ecstasy, till his mistress, shouting something at him, stepped hurriedly over the wire guard surrounding the tree and picked him up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I cringed to hear Aunt Ivy’s sharp tone accompanying my words. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I squeeze the trigger, hesitantly at first and then harder, cringing away from the gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The bullock cringed, but accepted the torment and as soon as the whip fell it began to pull again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z My father fairly cringed in his effort to convey an attitude of humble service. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I cringed against his arm and dragged my feet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Once upon a time—fairly recently, in fact—Molly would’ve gagged over these words, both because they’re blatantly sycophantic and cringingly sentimental. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He cringed, holding his hurt arm, and the well splashed a little. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Without thinking, she had parroted the words that made her cringe inwardly every time she heard them from Muff or Pastor Tom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m glad your father isn’t alive to see you cringing and bowing like a whipped dog.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I should have cringed or felt embarrassed or angry at those two women, but at the time I just wanted to laugh. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Above me the sky is bile-colored, and the sight of it fills me with anxiety, my body cringing away from it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He cringed before them in the grass as Hazel waited, stern and motionless, with Silver at his side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy rubs his forehead and cringes, as if realizing he walked right into that one. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A cringing crater in the sand, and the sea screaming around him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She cringes, and my soldier barks something sharp that must be telling him to stop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I gasped and held my breath, fighting against the pain; then I howled and cringed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried not to cringe at all the dirt beneath them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His quiet penetrating glare was intimidating enough, which is why hearing his voice echo off the marble now made me cringe. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I cringe while listening to her describe the Hideout, a place that’s supposed to be only for the kids in the building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It was miserable because I had to play volleyball, and the one time I didn’t cringe out of the way of the ball, I hit my teammate in the head with it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He cringes and shivers, straining against the straps that hold him fast to the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I cringed inwardly at the awkwardness of the words as soon as I’d said them, but couldn’t think of a less awkward way to take them back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I cringe and look behind me to make sure no one heard it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Beefy pulled on his father’s ear, and Talis cringed; the baby’s grip could be painful. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The second time, I cringed in fear and shied away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I cringe at the thought of shopping, then remember Alice likes stores. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At once he was on his feet, cringing away from her, quite obviously repulsed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Cowering there like a cringing puppy. Can you not stand on your feet when I talk to you?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He raised his voice to a pounding level to compensate, but this only made people cringe. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Staff Car made the kids cringe from embarrassment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Finally she turned her face toward them and Olanna looked at her: a plain village girl curled up on the bed as if she were cringing from one more furious blow from life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s an unlikely thing for me to have become; on some days it still makes me cringe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I see them dig a hole underneath the hut of the dead family and cringe as they push the bodies into the hole. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringed, but it just shifted back and forth like a hen settling into a nest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The door, meagerly, opened and he saw within the apartment a fragmented and misaligned shrinking figure, a girl who cringed and slunk away and yet held onto the door, as if for physical support. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I cringed and rolled around on the floor by my bed or sometimes on the verandah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Either beats or cringes,” said Wemmick, not at all addressing himself to me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They reacted the exact way we had—first, cringing away from the light, then stopping short in shock. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You said that I shouted at Anna,” I say, cringing at the thought of it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was worried as I entered that they’d see me and cringe, wonder who let Space Boy in, but no one noticed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The thought of them escaping through a window made me cringe. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She resumed cringing in horror once Mr. Quisling finished copying James’s note: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I cringe, but I have to protect him any way I can. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But sometimes off to either side the dry limbs breaking sounded like gunshots, causing him to cringe and swear softly to himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I conceal my cringe behind what I hope is a wry smile. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I am cringing, literally, my entire body folding into itself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringe, wondering what else I’ve said, never suspecting the help was listening or cared. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I cringe, waiting for her to say something about my lack of a social life, but thankfully she’s quiet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My father cringed a little for fear he would touch the place where my skull had been removed, but it was fine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No longer would he be a cringing puppy, ashamed of the welts on his back, avoiding Rekh’s eye. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Thomas forced a grin, though he cringed at the thought of hanging out in the Slammer by himself all day before he got to start. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It makes me cringe to admit this, but I want the whole prom thing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He stops behind me, and I cringe, waiting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It happened so suddenly that at first the agent cringed and doubled over thinking the hailstones were bullets from somebody behind or off at a slant below his exposed rear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He crouched and cringed behind the sofa as if neither furniture nor darkness were enough to hide him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The boy cringed, but she said it again, though her hand didn’t stray from her knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Some previous fears surface, and I cringe at the idea of her noticing me and thinking that I like to hang around school yards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I cringed at the thought of becoming a gravedigger, but it was better than searching for work at Chicago’s sweatshops and slaughterhouses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was the kind of love that makes people jealous—and makes them cringe. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t mind the logbook as much as the officers who cringed at paperwork of any kind did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sticky cringed with every click, as if he were being shocked, and by the end of the message his trembling, sweaty fingers were slipping off the switch. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I cringe as I sit up, holding my ribs, and walk up to the small mirror on the opposite wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The camera zooms in on my face and I cringe, spotting pimples and stray hairs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The sound of Mom slamming the kitchen door makes me cringe. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He cringes and adjusts his grip on her legs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Just the thought of it made me cringe for him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He was delighted when the lowly U.S. customs officers on the Manhattan dock failed to cringe at his aristocratic bearing and pedigree. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She whimpered and cringed to the packing box, and jumped in among the puppies. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbie cringed before the fury of her eyes and stumbled away in a clattering trot. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I want—” His voice starts and stops, and he’s looking like he’s resolving not to cringe at himself again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And he’s a terrible singer—just cringingly, comically bad. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When I do, I leave Marcus cringing on the floor and run after him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a matter of seconds, the two boys felt it loosening its grip as it cringed away from the light and warmth. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Nearby, the yellow dog cringed and tried to slink away from Old Tallow’s glare. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The sight of the trees and the forest floor made him cower and cringe. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I cringed at the idea of Mom running her own place, stress smoking and screaming at the help, but there were worse dreams to have. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I cringed when it sniffed at my shoes, then Zaman’s, and scurried through the open door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The yawn of a girl can be so beautiful it makes you cringe. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She still doesn’t speak, cringing every time Rolf stomps through the house in his shiny boots. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I cringed, pressing back against the seat as hard as I could, trying to avoid her touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I cringed as she tossed a wooden spatula in the Tupperware drawer. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I cringed, but instead of a terrible crash, there was just a dull splintering of wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I keep shaking my head, and I add a shrug, but I’d be lying if I told you that his excitement and invitation into one of them isn’t making me cringe. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He cringed and shrank back against the wall, and shook his head warningly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The memory of my Junior Olympics performance still made me cringe. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z At the very first blow of the whisde he cringed and he snarled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, get up out of there, you cringing load of catsmeat,” he bellowed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Oh God help me—” Nick cringed in preparation for the answer to his next question: “Where, up there, Shorty, did she stop?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringe, clawing my flesh, and flee for home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Tenorio was not a small man, but with one hand my father jerked him off his feet and pulled the cringing figure forward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment a gosling waddled close to the dog, who had been cringing in a corner of the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked vacant, not like a person but a person-shaped mound of flesh, and whatever had made him Harison, whatever had made him cringe and mutter and laugh, was gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I don’t think I’ve cringed so hard in my entire life. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She did, and Millard gasped in a way that made everyone cringe, then fainted into her arms. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Rage and cringing fear had created these monsters. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I would listen to the stories and I would cringe. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He flung the door open in one swift movement, and then moved, almost cringed, swiftly away from me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was lost; but he would not cringe; he would not lie, not in the presence of that white mountain looming behind him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They cringed, but the rice fell upon them without mercy, melting into their skin. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So I always reach back and hoist myself up, because the thought of him trying to lift me and failing makes me cringe every time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I cringed, preparing explanations, and then decided to try to stop him from exposing me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His face cringing and eyes closing, then opening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I felt myself cringe as I watched Vince’s face turn red. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the phone rings again, Annabelle answers, cringing as if the despicable creature is wadded up in a paper towel in her own hand. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “They’re acting respectful and .. . Stiff,” I say, cringing as I say the word that was my nickname in Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Claudine shoves two tarts in her mouth and licks her fingers loudly to make Gabrielle and the princess both cringe, as well as all the other people in the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Daddy follows and I cringe at the fine line of mud on the back of his shoe. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I expect Sara to cringe, because I’m being totally sappy, but she nods. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I’ve never actually been on one, but Simon says it’s just a flock of mortified kids cringing while their parents ask questions. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They cringed away and none said a word. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringed as though I had given up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The chaplain’s composure began trickling back as he studied the queer, cringing figure intently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The big baboon shouted at him, and the crippled animal cringed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried not to cringe at the sight of his pocked, ruddy skin and orange mustache. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Holding up our presents, we all cringe, as though caught with contraband. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He cringed as the fabric slid over his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “But you’re not that fat,” I said, then cringed at my own words. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I turned toward the front door, but then he began scratching scratching scratching his butter knife against his toast, the sound making me cringe inside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stand and cringe at the sucking sound as my swimsuit sticks to me, all four yards of the spandex-Lycra blend of it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I cringe, only now remembering that he’s going to be able to see all the tagged crazy pictures of me put up by the Pringles. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The guy cringed and kept his head to the side like that for a few seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He cringes at the closeness of the bird’s large bill to his brother’s neck, wishing it would fly away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Still cringing away from the crow, I look up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z No matter how many times you have to admit this, it’s always embarrassing, it always makes you cringe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Boatwright’s dæmon fell to the floor and rolled over, and Boatwright was cringing back, trying to hold his dæmon, trying to avoid the deadly white teeth of the vixen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I cringe, imagining the bitter taste of apple seeds, and follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She opened her eyes and saw Haiyi, the servant, cringing in the corner, and two richly dressed figures standing over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On the inside I cringe from this terrible, loud Bigness. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Chubs and I cringed as Liam hit the ground and knocked his head against one of the old trees’ roots. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was one small tree cringing in front of the building. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Nearby bonobos cried out in surprise and I cringed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The way Grover cringed, as if Mr. D were his master. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Zahotep turned back to his drill and Ranofer started down the length of the shop, his bare feet cringing away from the gritty carpet of stone chips that covered the dirt floor. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z My voice sounds so painfully gentle that I cringe. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I cringe when I think of Shay’s face. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The happy squeals of the other covens turned to whispers and sighs of relief, Seven thought with a cringe. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Now they had all seen—everyone in the shop—and no doubt were scorning him for a poor sort of creature, cringing and puny, unable to defend himself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She cringed and slapped her hand over her mouth. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It makes me cringe a little, the way all the books we read in English class describe people’s skin color using food metaphors. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Seven cringed at the mention of Valley’s dad, then took a deep breath. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I cringe because Rufus caught me singing, but it’s all right, it’s all right. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He cringed and groveled and chattered with terror, but no amount of bad treatment could drive him away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari cringed when she saw who had entered, the barely healed lashes on her back suddenly aching, but Clay did not even look at her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z No one really cringes if I bump into them anymore, and people borrow my pencils without acting like the pencil has cooties. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I forced my head high and my eyes wide open, tried to look like I belonged even as I yearned to cringe away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Dallas cringed, then closed his eyes and tried to picture other hills, rolling ones, green ones. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Matt put the grasshopper on the floor for Branch, who grabbed it with his teeth and con-sumed it with a crunch that made Kira cringe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t even cringe when the man pokes his translucent nose to hers, glaring into her eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Let no one accuse me of not cheesing this up, she thought with an inward cringe. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He bends his head to my ear, and I cringe, my terror caught in my throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “And trying to figure out some dumb riddle. And Tee is acting the fool and making the rest of us cringe as per standard operating procedures.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I cringe and sink low in my chair. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Cara walks over to me, and I cringe in anticipation of her voice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I cringed when I stood up because my stomach was killing me and I didn’t know why. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When she put her hand in through the top trap door, he cringed and forced himself back into the corner. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He saw men cringing as they neared the flames, heard children cry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shouted at the servant girl, who wept and cringed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I cringe, wiping the drool from my skin, and laugh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I backed up slow as I could, cringing with every creak of the wheels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I would have ridiculed them when I was young: I would cringe and grow ashamed and angry at those funny tones of my father and his workers, all that Konglish, Spanglish, Jive. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Flipping through magazines, cringing at kitten heels, even though those were the only ones I ever had a shot of wearing in Bev Jones's house. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They said she thought she was some kind of saint—I cringed at that—and that she was better than the rest of us. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Later, as he stropped the razor against leather the harsh whisper made me cringe. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “No. I don’t drink either,” I say, cringing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He cringes when the doctor’s receptionist addresses him as “miss.” Review | Zeyn Joukhadar’s ‘The Thirty Names of Night’ is a poetic portrait of a trans man’s search for a rare bird — and his own identity 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z "How shameful," she cringed, having spotted it just after one of those swanky breakfasts we media types are so fond of. The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week. . . 2011-03-31T20:00:02Z Here, when the studio audience laughs, I cringe: maybe I’m a snowflake, but that strikes me as abuse. Is it possible to separate Roseanne from its controversial star? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Watching it again 15 years later and the combination of Rose's whispered "put your hands on me" with Jack's post-orgasmic shiver-fest has me cringing in my seat. Five of the worst movie sex scenes 2013-03-26T12:45:01Z You’ve got folks in the LGBTQ+ community who never wanted to assimilate to heteronormative cultural institutions who are cringing at the idea of dedicating more movement resources to the fight for marriage equality. Are you ready to say “I do — for now”? Revisiting the case for renewable marriage 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z “N.Y. woman” was the Associated Press’s shorthand, which I read and cringed. Perspective | The bracing truth and sadness in E. Jean Carroll’s advice columns 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The moment was cut from Foxtel’s broadcast, but drew a mixture of laughter and cringes from the crowd. Jacqueline McKenzie clarifies Russell Crowe's comments: 'It was not a #MeToo moment' 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z As for the rhymes, often stressed on the wrong syllable, one can only assume they are designed to make you cringe. Review: In ‘Fairycakes,’ the Woods Are Campy, Dark and Daft 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z And what parent hasn’t cringed when their child delights upon dumping half a bottle of premium bubble bath down the drain? Skin Deep: Beauty Products for Babies 2012-03-28T20:06:27Z Like the sexism on “Mad Men” these details —a country club that bans Jews, a sly reference to “you people”— are intended by Mr. Glazer to be viewed cringingly through the prism of contemporary culture. ?Magic City,? Jewish Power Brokers in 1950s Miami Beach 2012-03-30T21:10:08Z There’s overt cruelty, shunning someone like an excommunicated Amish, and the kind of mind games that would make Machiavelli cringe. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z "I cringe a little bit," he said on a recent visit to Seattle to promote "Buck," a new documentary about his life and work. Interview with 'Buck' Brannaman, the man who helps horses 2011-06-23T22:06:05Z Rose’s fumbled attempt at seducing Avery will make you cringe for both characters, so honestly is it presented. Review: In ‘The Flick,’ Contemplating a Life of Stale Popcorn 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Instead we cringe in embarrassment at overblown celebrities trying to remember their lines. Black Eyed Peas lead halftime cheers at Super Bowl 2011-02-07T15:39:39Z The moment the words are out of my mouth, I cringe. “She wanted to be normal. We both did”: Why gender, sexuality, and desire matter 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Spider-Man had always been Mr. Garfield’s favorite superhero, and he said he adored the character and couldn’t say no, even though being in such a spotlight made him cringe. Andrew Garfield, Spiritual Ghost in the Hollywood Machine 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Be prepared to cringe, both in pleasure, and in pain: The most Lena-Dunham sex scenes from Lena Dunham’s new book 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, you watch it noting the things that are missing, even those that made you cringe. Review: They’ve, Sob, Remade ‘Beaches’ 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z So, how do you balance your warm feelings for a traditional song or movie with whatever cringe factor it may sometimes produce? Can You Like a Movie or Song That Has Something Wrong? Times Readers Respond 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z For nonactors, preening in front of a camera with directors calling out emotions to convey merely with facial expressions and gestures can be cringe inducing. 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Much. Try 6 Seconds. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z “It was really a cringe experience; we were not into the ceilidh music,” he said. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He winces, cringes and grimaces; he does a lot of nervous neck scratching. Michael Jackson Cast a Spell. ‘Leaving Neverland’ Breaks It. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s an odd moment that in a different show could make for cringe comedy, but here, this random gesture comes off as vaguely generous and inexplicable. Joe Pera and the Surprising Pleasures of Gentle Humor 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Now, at last, Dr. Wallace gets some of that city sex, loudly enjoying a Tinder himbo as Miranda cringes through each groan in the room next door. "And Just Like That" demonstrates the mother of all downers: spoiled rich kids 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z As alternatingly illuminating and awkward as the usual cocktail-party chatter between intelligent people, the conversation wended back to the inevitability that all stylistic choices will be cringed at later. Dance Review: Jennifer Lacey in ?Gattica? for American Realness - Review 2012-01-15T23:13:51Z The first lady calls her “a menopausal toddler” — a description that Rachel Dratch, with her repertoire of cringes and moues, fully inhabits. Review: In a Gleeful ‘POTUS,’ White House Enablers Gone Wild 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “Being an Irish celebrity in itself is a bit cringe — unless you’re Paul Mescal, like, a proper celebrity,” he said. An Outsider Takes on Ireland, From Inside a Plastic Bag 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z My sister goes to work every day and cuts cancer out of people's bodies, and I can't even type the word "cancer" without cringing. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z When you sneak in the back at 10 past the hour While cringing beneath old Pastor Jim’s glower, Avoid like ten plagues the clatterfart — Lest everyone learn how late thou art. Style Invitational Week 1094: TAXI’s the fare in Tour de Fours XI; plus ‘rude word’ poems At times, she is just unintentionally hilarious crying and cringing because she thinks she is going mad. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Before meeting Brown, I'd had an idea about where all the cringing in Confessions of a Conjuror might come from. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z If one half of that celebrity couple is Taylor Swift, multiply the cringe factor by about four. I can’t bear to watch HiddleSwift: The public spectacle of love-tweet-delete is just too much 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z If you cringe when you hear the term “hard cider,” I get it. Don't force a White Claw fall — hard cider is the ideal late summer libation 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z In his new book "Berlin at War," British historian Roger Moorhouse describes in sharp detail the descent of Germany's greatest city from triumph to cringing fear of the invader. 'Berlin at War': Germany's greatest city descends into chaos 2010-12-29T23:04:04Z When he finally came up with a way to extricate himself from his predicament, the scheme was equally laughable and cringe inducing. Review: In ‘Everything’s Fine,’ the Discomfort of Adolescence 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “Of course, it’s probably making a lot of teachers cringe — old ballet divas that are like, this is not supposed to be happening. O.K., wake up and get a life.” Hiplet: An Implausible Hybrid Plants Itself on Pointe 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z We make a mental note not to mention a sore point in conversation, and then cringe in horror as we blurt out exactly that thing. Positive thinking is for suckers! 2012-11-25T13:00:00Z Just finding a pair of shoes that Mr. Stearns “could stand on without cringing” was a long process. Have Any Point Shoes In a Man?s Size 9? 2011-06-03T18:22:07Z I remember hearing a fellow speech therapist refer to one of their clients as being “syndromey” and cringed. ‘When I became a mother I realised how hard it is’: how the parenting experts parent 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Moorjani laughs recalling that scene and notes that it's "both funny and cringe," and is personally familiar to her. "Never Have I Ever" star identifies with having to dress up in a "cringe-worthy" costume for a job 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z I cringe when they affiliate him with Baltimore. And now, the No-Thanks List: 7 terrible people, events and phenomena of 2016 that inspire zero gratitude 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Maybe she’ll see a video of one of her classmates making a racist prom proposal and cringe. “Sorry to Bother You” exposes the danger of bourgeois integration 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Sharp objects of every shape and form were noted by the camera as we, the viewers, were made to cringe and anticipate what gruesome things might happen. 'Final Destination 5': Cheating death, but killed by dialogue 2011-08-11T20:57:03Z It also enables viewers to stumble down memory lane and collectively cringe at the dumb things we did while also forgiving ourselves. Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation's madness 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Nowadays I lie there and cringe when he touches me. My life in sex: 'It would be a dream come true to rekindle the old feelings' 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Australia's famous "cultural cringe" of the 1950s was then still a vivid reality. Clive James wistfully faces death, admitting he may not see Sydney again 2012-06-21T17:13:00Z The moms are often good sports and they are usually seen chuckling — and only sometimes cringing — at their child's performance. Comedians remind viewers to "Call Your Mother" in hilarious and heartwarming Mother's Day special 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes, Mr. Mann said, people describe his content as “a little bit too on the nose, or it’s a little bit cringe, or why is the dialogue so direct.” The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The very fact that “The Bachelorette” is the height of unreality made me cringe, and curious, at the thought of Rachel Lindsay descending into this set designed cave of testosterone and silk ties. A suitor on “The Bachelorette” is revealed to be . . . possibly racist 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Google executives may have cringed at some scenes, such as one in which interns get drunk at a strip club. Google goes Hollywood with 'The Internship' 2013-05-28T20:25:03Z “The Office,” a lacerating cringe comedy with a humane spirit, synthesized Gervais’s two sides into greatness. Review: Ricky Gervais’s ‘After Life’ Is the Tearjerking of a Clown 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z I absolutely cringe at the thought of going, interacting with the people there and putting on a fake front of approval. Ask Amy: Agnostic is offended by prospect of church ceremony 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z She cringes as she recalls the video for the barnstorming pop single . Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project 2014-02-27T02:04:21Z In other words, she is made to look as dowdy as possible, and she spends most of the first two acts cringing uncomfortably off to one side. Radvanovksy triumphs in Toronto "Aida" 2010-10-03T15:31:00Z Teigen has since emerged as our reigning celebrity spectator; she walks among the stars but is positioned as their observer and judge, laughing and cringing as she goes. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Even so, they cringed at the excessive kicks, splits and spins. So You Think You Can Judge Dance 2011-08-07T02:00:07Z One way to look at the final season of “Succession” is as a cringe comedy about people who are terrible at grieving. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z If we can say phrases like "vibes" and "cringe," we can certainly say "people" when we talk about abortion. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Gestures that begin as cringe can occasionally become romantic depending on how they are received — a fool spelling out “Marry Me” with 7,000 daisies is a fool only if the answer is “no.” Perspective | Lessons Kanye West and Ben Affleck taught us on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z An — and I cringe at the word, but it is in the Cambridge English Dictionary — Influencer. The Rise and (Maybe) Fall of Influencers 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The title of this Beeb special, then, is likely to make him cringe inside out. TV highlights – 08/05/2013 2013-05-08T06:00:04Z Marc cringed when Karen told their hosts that the cabaret was “lowsh.” | ‘Wordbirds,’ a Fine-Feathered Compendium of Modern-Day Neologisms 2014-03-24T20:01:18Z I cringe even when a waitress calls me “ma’am.” Dominatrix for a day 2012-11-04T01:00:00Z This turned out to take place in a very traditional home with a mother and daughter, which was a great and a much more authentic experience — but would have made our more conservative friends cringe! What a Trip: Ferrying, eating and relaxing like the locals in Kerala, India If we can say phrases like "vibes" and "cringe," we can certainly say "people" when we talk about abortion. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z When Alexandra Rushfield, one of the show’s producers, went to pitch “Shrill” to potential networks three years ago, “I would say ‘fat,’ and I could see people cringe.” Aidy Bryant doesn’t think ‘fat’ is a bad word. Her show ‘Shrill’ proves it. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Paulin still cringes when remembering that people tried to console her by saying, “Well, you already have one,” which did not help. In New York, a Push for Compensated Surrogacy 2014-02-19T21:59:45Z The title of Sebastián Silva’s film “Tyrel” comes from a momentary mispronunciation of the African-American protagonist’s name, but it speaks to the simmering discomfort summoned by this agonizingly dead-on cringe comedy-drama. ‘Tyrel’ Review: Drowning in a Whirlpool of Drunken Dudes 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s fun, if occasionally cringe inducing, to watch Ms. Barrymore try so hard to have fun. Drew Barrymore Is Keeping It Clean 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z “I used to cringe when I heard Irish rap,” he added. Hip-Hop With an Irish Lilt 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Change too much, and audiences who loved the original will cringe. Peter Rabbit on Nickelodeon for Christmas, Then as Series 2012-12-05T23:13:47Z "I know enough to be dangerous or to make people cringe," he said. Jason Verlinde celebrates seven years of Fretboard Journal 2012-10-21T19:02:04Z Whatever or whoever Baldwin is playing, he’s hilarious, all silky sarcasm, cringing over with the idiocy of the young. To Rome with Love: Woody's Roman Holiday 2012-06-21T10:45:09Z Phoebe didn’t like being called my girlfriend, but I always cringed at her preferred term, “primary sexual partner”. Let’s have an open relationship, my girlfriend said … 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Every time I see it, I cringe a bit. Perspective | A cover story: The art of the pointless subtitle 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Four dancers started and stopped, twitched and cringed. Dance Review: Kyle Abraham, Samantha Speis and Marjani Fort? at Danspace 2012-03-23T22:04:11Z In years past, many people would cringe at the thought of putting live cultures in their bodies on purpose. 5 biggest food trends of 2013 2013-12-17T12:50:00Z It’s similar to Coke vs. pop debate, and I cringe at the idea of the family traveling overseas and dealing with the cultural differences and expectations there. Carolyn Hax: Being respectful of local customs comes with the territory 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z "I certainly say too much at times, and my husband cringes when I talk about our sex life or whatever," she said. Ricki Lake brings updated talk show, life to TV 2012-09-08T16:16:04Z "Me remembering when I was trying to my Ex’s wedding dress," he captioned his brief clip, which shows him cringing in a dark room. Man modeled ex-fiancée's wedding dress to try and sell it: Video 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I mean the stink and cringe and failure and noise and laughter that make a life feel real and lived, the thing that makes a person tick. A Memoir’s Painful Question: Where Are You From? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Most heterosexual women who have played the online dating game have cringed or worse on occasion. With Her Dating App, Women Are in Control 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z But — to use an adjective added to the O.E.D. in June — is it now officially cringe? The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z You cringe at it in a way, but it’s an interesting kind of cringe. ‘Animal House’ Oral History: From Richard Pryor to a Real Melee 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z There’s an awkwardness, a cringe factor, a harrowing naivete that rears up through the text. Perspective | A Black Jesus is at the center of a ‘Passion’ that transfigures the listener 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z My sheer obsessiveness, my happiness at being alone with my wandering, over-hot mind, the way I had announced my new name and strutted around in green sweat-shorts with sprightly immodesty – it all made me cringe. The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z I reflexively cringed when I heard the buzzing of flies, who seemed to flit around the outer curl of my ear. ‘Blindness’ Review: Listening to the Sound of Theater Again 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z And viewers will cringe whenever Lucien thinks he has the upper hand, but is really being played for a fool. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Once upon a time — long ago, not recently — HBO's series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" made Larry David the king of cringe comedy. Emmy nods for Larry David and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”? But…why? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Yeah, I see it all the time, and whenever I see behavior which I believe is either criminal or completely inappropriate by a police officer, I cringe. D.C.’s police chief on the one time he had to use a gun. The perp was a dog. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The film is a bold, rich portrait of a woman, but it also trains a gimlet eye on the cringing weakness of men. My streaming gem: why you should watch All Is Well 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Henry’s was able to make the fun serious, and the serious fun; and her motto — in life and on TikTok — is “embrace the cringe.” John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z And no cringing interactive "Feel the Sportsman" type rounds. Time to Mock off? 2010-06-16T15:46:00Z “Like the kitten heel, I hate,” Ms. Ora said, cringing. Rita Ora is Fashion’s Latest Darling 2013-01-10T02:30:16Z But I do like the fact that the show made people appreciate the entertainment value of cringing.” ‘The Office’ Finale 2013-05-01T12:00:01Z Of course you cringe when he parents; I’m sure he is dying inside listening to you, too. Perspective | How do we present a ‘united front’ when our parenting styles are so different? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Statements like, “I’m only saying this because I care about you, Erica,” made me cringe. I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Ben Palmer, the director of “Back,” made his name with “The Inbetweeners,” another supremely awkward British cringe comedy whose target is not bloated middle age, but rather adolescence. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Back’ and ‘Project Runway’ 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z And some Democrats cringed at "testimony" from a comedian's alter ego on an issue that for so many is a matter of life and death. Colbert sparks debate about 'expert' celebrities 2010-09-28T11:16:00Z When the girl finally embarks on her ritual dance that will culminate in death, the artist-creature who's born from her efforts is a cringing Caliban figure, tormented and flayed. Akram Khan Company: iTMOi – review 2013-05-30T18:49:35Z “My whole life, I was called cringe, man. I would paint my nails, I would put earrings on and I would go to the refugee camps and everyone would make fun of me,” he recalled. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z At my first copywriting job at a well-known creative American ad agency, I smiled loud good mornings while I cringed inside. The unapologetic introvert: I had to leave the U.S. to stop pretending to be an extrovert 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z One watches a clip of herself at a SeaWorld show — announcing cheerily that “Namu is doing this because he wants to!” — and cringes. ‘Blackfish’: The troubled lives of captive killer whales 2013-08-01T21:44:08Z Flinch, cringe, weep, laugh at his books; only indifference seems impossible. A French Writer Who Blurred the Line Between Candor and Provocation 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The writer and director Kris Rey expertly walks a tightrope of quiet tragedy and cringe comedy, and Jacobs wears Kate’s tics and insecurities not as flaws, but as deeply relatable merit badges. ‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z But I think Mark S. King said it best: “I used to cringe when my new husband would mention his ‘husband’ to strangers or salespeople. Civilities: Gay couple wonders whether ‘husbands’ is right label for them 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “It will make you cringe at man’s inhumanity to man.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Farrelly said: “I thought I was being funny and the truth is I’m embarrassed and it makes me cringe now. I’m deeply sorry.” Green Book writer apologises for anti-Muslim tweet 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The foam itself might work, Wiederaenders said, but he cringed at the challenge of getting enough of the liquid ingredients under the slab. How to raise a sunken sidewalk block and restore a level walkway 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z But unlike most cringe humor, Ms. Notaro’s jokes are disarmingly sunny. Critic’s Notebook: Tig Notaro Meets Taylor Dayne, Again and Again 2012-06-24T21:27:44Z And though a few found his imitation of Stephen Hawking’s manner of speech funny, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who cringed. Latino history with professor John Leguizamo, the CliffsNotes edition 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Cast and crew alike must act badly well, a task achieved with particular cringing charm by Mr. Hearn, who flashes his upper teeth as if they were a badge of fatuity. Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Upends a Whodunit 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Sam was pained to see his parents cringe at what seemed to us an unrelenting cuisine and flat-out refuse such delicacies as still-writhing octopus tentacles. In South Korea, a search for beauty, one day at a time 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Well, not quite: I didn’t anticipate how much the sentimentality of the closing scenes, set to Richard Marx’s cloying 1989 hit “Right Here Waiting,” would make me cringe. Movie Review: ?Tyler Perry?s Good Deeds,? With Thandie Newton 2012-02-25T00:20:20Z “Our divorce is amicable,” you hear yourself say, and you cringe. Our Kinder, Gentler, Nobody-Moves-Out Divorce 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z None of them knows how to kiss”, I don’t cringe. ‘You buy a lot of flowers and tampons': things you only know when you have seven daughters 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z I always look back on myself and cringe. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z The obvious product placement and out-of-left-field comments about Oregon pinot noir in a recent episode made me cringe with displaced anxiety. The List: TV shows that let me down 2013-12-24T21:29:28Z I've never been a fan of the phrase, "If I'd have been there . . . ." I cringe at those "What Would You Do?" hidden camera shows that present unsuspecting individuals with moral dilemmas. A stranger, twisted and bleeding on the sidewalk. What would you have done? 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z He told her that he “cringed” when he read of her experience but that he did not have the authority to do anything himself. Sex and the Subway Ad 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s one she handles with care – and just the right amount of cringing. Yes, God, Yes: the film nailing teenage sexuality 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z So, while you were cringing up a storm last year, your in-laws probably barely noticed dear old dad. Social Q?s: Please Pass the Spotlight 2010-11-18T23:39:00Z A few notes on cringe and creepiness: Cringe is unwanted flowers that say “Be Mine.” Perspective | Lessons Kanye West and Ben Affleck taught us on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Even Lowry, who secretly cringed when two of her books were made into low-budget TV movies, was excited about an adaptation for the big screen. ‘The Giver’: Jeff Bridges’s nearly 20-year journey to turn YA novel into a feature film It will make you cringe at man’s inhumanity to man. The Osage Indians Struck It Rich, Then Paid the Price 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Who hasn’t, at some time, irrationally lashed out at the world and later cringed in shame while recalling a destructive act out of proportion to whatever prompted it? | 'I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive': ?I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive? - Review 2011-09-01T21:57:49Z So let the cringe be with you, as we travel through this book: Kissing Harrison Ford and other cringe-worthy moments in Carrie Fisher’s book 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I’ve watched my two girls take in the lasting kiss before the end credits of the movie dozens of times, and I cringe at every one. The day my husband strangled me 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It is hard not to cringe as a belligerently intoxicated Snooki barges into Vinnie’s room looking to "snuggle" and then throws a fit when he is already in bed with someone else. How "Jersey Shore" turned sinister 2011-03-24T17:29:00Z The fierce, indelible performance of Ms. Hofstätter, a regular in Mr. Seidl’s films, may make you cringe with revulsion, but it is utterly riveting. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Faith,’ the Second in Ulrich Seidl’s Trilogy 2013-08-22T21:51:23Z I cringed while listening to the first episode, because you’re given commands like: “Close your eyes,” but I thought it was a brilliant idea. 'I nearly sent Adnan Syed a letter in prison': what podcasters listened to in lockdown 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Bombs and their targets have trigger points, and in one scene after another we cringe as Lana yells at people to please just shut up and stand still. ‘Trigger Point’ Review: Pure Pressure à la ‘Line of Duty’ 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s certainly possible to delight in the movie without this background, to go with the romantic flow, to groove with and cringe at the characters and their lives. ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “Ingrid Goes West” asks Plaza to find the humanity between scary and insecure, and the actress shines, generating laughs and cringes in equal measure as Ingrid gets more and more desperate. Aubrey Plaza: “I’m way more boring that people would hope” 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes you cringe because you see things that for were not at the apex of your output. As Gronk's set designs go on view at CAFAM, the artist talks opera, painting and B-movie crab monsters 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z I look back on that version of myself now and cringe. ‘Superbad’ & Me 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It is possible to summarize the experience of watching "The Intouchables" in nine words: You will laugh; you will cry; you will cringe. 'The Intouchables': Helping a man relearn his joie de vivre 2012-05-31T20:14:03Z It made me cringe just to type the letters. “Too stupid to be c*nts”: The new normal of toxic male entitlement on campus 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Every mother within the sound of my voice would cringe if their kid went into a parole hearing to beg for their killer’s release. Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr 2013-04-02T20:02:00Z I would wake up on a Sunday, all cringes and stabbing pain, and I’d swear off the stuff only to crawl back on my belly in three days, maybe four. My relapse years 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z As for my own, I’ve been cringing about it ever since. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But memoirs benefit, too — and this one is no exception — when the author is willing to let the reader cringe. In ‘Doctored,’ Sandeep Jauhar Examines a Broken System 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z It's little wonder that most of us cringe when sex is addressed plainly in song. Rhye: the sounds of seduction 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z “I think people may have been laughing for the wrong reasons,” she said of her early stand-up, which she now cringes at. Amy Schumer Doesn’t Care What You Think (That Much) 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z But antihero dramas and cringe comedies became so widespread that they developed their own clichés, just like the older, moralistic shows they reacted against. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Cowperthwaite was floored by the beauty of the whales’ speed and strength, but when a trainer stood on one of the animal’s backs, she cringed. ‘Blackfish’s’ director finds it hard to move on 2014-03-20T17:38:26Z Despite the serving of this dollop of cringe, though, I'm of the mind that including it in "Ginny & Georgia" is actually a good thing. Let's have a cringey talk about multiracial identity, from "Ginny & Georgia" to Harry and Meghan 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z She also has theories for the timing of cringe comedy’s rise. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “My son cringed and said, I no longer want to see the show.” ArtsBeat: State Legislators Emphasize Safety at 'Spider-Man' Press Conference 2010-12-23T19:53:01Z I cringed with recognition as Chude-Sokei attempts and fails to escape American racism by embracing his African forebears’ prejudice against Black Americans. ‘Too African for Jamaica, Too Jamaican for America, Too American for Nigeria’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z But it made me cringe to see those nice, powerful white people laughing at how they withhold jobs – and power – from black people, then walking away with gold. OscarsSoWhite: Chris Rock exposed the depths of the industry's race problem 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z "It was just something where we were trying to capture that moment of incredible discomfort where you're cringing for somebody else." He's still here: Phoenix rises again with 'Master' 2012-09-11T16:50:31Z Plus they gave me the first ever scene in a movie where a guy is pointing out constellations to a girl that didn't make me cringe. My neurodivergent reading of "The Little Mermaid": Ariel is autistic, and Eric has ADHD 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The latest Taylor Swift-Katy Perry feud: Every morn I cringe Peeking at the day’s news binge. Style Invitational Week 1235: The Sound of Science — a song parody contest 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The supporting characters are too cartoonish for my liking, and the way the hotel workers flirt with racial stereotypes is cringingly retrograde. Embracing the chill in Jimmy Buffett's 'Escape to Margaritaville' 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “About 80 percent of the world’s population is winter or summer,” Janet says, confidently, and then, cringe: “Blacks, Jews, Italians, most often, are winters.” What hue looks best on you? Color analysis is back to help us obsess over our personal identities. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z When pop music is that age, we cringe. Benno, Proudly Out of Step With the Age 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Streep is a great deal of fun to watch when she’s not unintentionally making you cringe, and Lawrence gives the movie a steady emotional pulse even at its most frantic. ‘Don’t Look Up’ Review: Tick, Tick, Kablooey 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z When a record goes No. 1, I cringe. Songwriter or Star? The-Dream, Muni Long and Two Paths to the Grammys. 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z I cringe when critics say, “You have to watch this” — there’s no better way to make TV sound like a chore. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Thinking of it now, I cringe and detest my blighted 33-year-old self. All my parenting mistakes 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z But cringe doesn't observe a schedule, as "The Bachelor" and its history of hanging on to its whiteness for dear life proves. From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Evans, smiling and proudly waving a Tom Brady jersey while Pratt cringed in painful defeat. Chris Pratt pays off Super Bowl bet with Chris Evans: Everyone wins 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Everett was going to promote “Camping,” the HBO cringe comedy, in which she plays Harry, the owner of a campsite. Bridget Everett Gets Fitted for a Flaming ‘Tina Turner’ Dress 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,” he told reporters on Tuesday. The British Museum Reopens to a World That Has Changed 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z We cringe while administering the medications, yet we advocate for finding the right one. Motherlode: Response From the Mother of a 'Son With Demons' 2011-08-09T17:22:48Z But they were laughed and “cringed” at, ignored and even slammed on social media. Teaching civility: two daring assignments Admittedly, though, some of the images made him cringe, in particular the young woman who wrote: “Love my hair today. Hate why I’m dressed up #funeral.” An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z But Norton-Hale cringes at any suggestion they are trying to be edgy or cool. An opera conquest: Don Giovanni chases new audiences 2011-08-17T11:19:17Z I will defend the escapism of “The Nutcracker,” but I cringe at the sensationalism, the triteness and the ham that characterize the majority of story ballets, works like “Don Quixote,” “Le Corsaire” and “La Bayadère.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Story Ballets, Still Romantically Inclined 2010-08-04T22:16:00Z In a corner, members of Ms. Clarkson’s label team weren’t huddled together, cringing — they were grinning and applauding. Kelly Clarkson Is Nobody’s Puppet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe. John Simm: this much I know 2013-05-25T18:00:01Z I cringe a little when I read anything tinged with political self-correction. Sana Krasikov on the Rise of Group Morality 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z I also love Jane Austen’s magnificent secondary characters, like Miss and Mrs. Bates, Mr. Collins, the ones who make you giggle and cringe. Emma Straub: By the Book 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z “My mother-in-law used to cringe when addressed as ‘you guys,’ ” a participant in my Wednesday online chat with readers wrote. ‘Hey, you guys, I’ll be your overly friendly server this evening.’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s a relief, at this point, to find that this kind of cringe comedy can still make us cringe—that there is some imagined world of confrontation more awkward and unsettling than our own. Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave” 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Film buffs tend to cringe when classic black-and-white movies are colorized, but here there is no director whose auteur vision is being altered. Watch Maria Callas, Now in Living Color 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Just the suggestion of pretty and the staff cringes. | Lanvin Wins! 2011-03-05T21:23:29Z The cringe factor was escalated by the fact that Roman targeted not two of the many men who've made a fortune selling branded materials, but two women. Chrissy Teigen and Alison Roman's fight reveals a deep well of women's insecurity about cooking 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Nobody aspires to be a backup . . . part of me still cringes every time I hear myself described that way. Why Philly Loves the Eagles’ Big Nick Foles, the N.F.L.’s Best Backup 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Through all the cringing, there’s the comfort that many have had experiences like Jim’s, but nothing so epically hapless and clumsy, and no heart-to-hearts with Dad afterwards to heighten the agony. American Pie at 20: why the raucous comedy could never be made today 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s the imitative fallacy, Creative Writing 101 stuff that would make Kenny cringe. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z How many more times will we, as a society, have to cringe through these redundant, endless cycles of scripted, staged "Bachelor" witch hunts? The tired "Bachelor" franchise needs to step up or step aside for the likes of "FBoy Island" 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Now and then he would turn on the gas heaters to maneuver the balloon through the air, and most of us cringed at the noise. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The label on a bottle of organic kombucha, a fermented tea, claims, cringingly, that its number one ingredient is “love” and that it hails from a batch “small enough to hug”. San Francisco, 50 years on from the Summer of Love 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z My level of annoyance is so high that I turn away, cringe and silent-scream expletives when it gets bad. Perspective | Ask Amy: Daughter-in-law has had it with the baby talk 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He's cringing at this story, at the picture, at what you think of him, at the nice things people say about him. There's no comforting cartoonist Ivan Brunetti 2011-05-27T21:41:00Z Bhatt and her father offered reassurances that they are not trying to sneakily expose India's children to dirty pictures and that the sex scenes will make no one cringe. Bollywood gets racy with 'Jism 2' 2012-08-02T12:04:10Z “I live in the awkward and cringe because I find life can be like that.” Zach Galifianakis Lives in the Cringe 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z And yeah, I just cringe sometimes when I’m like, ‘oh God, like, did that need to be in a tweet?’ Maren Morris, a Pop-Curious Hitmaker, Is Country, After All 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z When Dieter, momentarily at sea in Oregon, cringes at a rusted car stranded on cinder blocks in someone’s front yard, you don’t have to be German to feel his pain. Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Horrid Henry, star of the best-selling children's books by Francesca Simon, may make many parents cringe, but he inspires fierce loyalty among young readers who adore his antics. 'Horrid Henry' author drawn to impish behavior 2011-08-27T05:20:29Z “It always made me cringe to be put on the spot like that, but if I had to choose any of the movies I’ve been in to watch, it would be ‘Remember the Titans.’ Not just a football movie: How ‘Remember the Titans’ became a hit and inspired a nation 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z If you were to turn “Taipei” into a word cloud, here’s what you’d end up with: adjectives like “stranded,” “disengaged” and “fetal”; verbs like “dispersed” and “cringing”; past participles like “alienated,” “muffled,” “depleted” and “doomed.” Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z It’ll mark the end of the signature example of the cringe comedy genre. Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies 2013-05-13T09:45:13Z On Saturday, Australians from Prime Minister Julia Gillard to people in the street expressed their sorrow and cringed at how the hoax had crossed the line of acceptability. Australian radio station says no wrongdoing in royal prank call 2012-12-12T01:23:36Z One didn’t watch 2012’s Olympic special as much as cringe at it. Why the Community comeback? Sometimes it's best to let things die 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z For Roger social situations are disasters waiting to happen, and his encounters with Florence are especially cringe making. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z But for all the laughs and cringes about awkward moments and misunderstandings, there’s an undertow of anger about pervasive everyday discrimination. Michaela Coel: 'Like Arabella, I realised my life was about to change for ever' 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The very notion that a novel is in everybody’s grasp, and could be knocked out as a draft in just a month, is far more likely to induce some cringing in other countries.” NaNoWriMo: Is National Novel Writing Month a Literary Threat or Menace? 2012-11-07T13:00:11Z "The fact that I was a former Olympic athlete passed everyone by," he said, cringing at the thought of cartoons showing him on a Zimmer frame. Radio review: Follow the Leader 2011-01-05T08:00:03Z It's the cringe at the heart of Christmas. The cringe at the heart of Christmas 2010-12-11T07:00:00Z Two that made me cringe the most were Palestina, a Middle Eastern caricature, and Mana the Headhunter, whose face paint resembled racist drawings. “GLOW”: The real good girls revolt 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Such is the just-below-the-belt level of the low-hanging fruit that the filmmakers have chosen to harvest, in a comedy that induces cringing as often as laughter. Too bad ‘Masterminds’ wastes one of the year’s best comedy casts 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s the boy, flickering between macho posing and cringing submission, who seems likelier to heed the disastrous message of the myth: that annihilation is the most sacred expression of love. Review: At ‘Camp Siegfried,’ a Nazi Summer of Love on Long Island 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z For the next two weeks, I cringe every time I have to use the restroom. I gave birth to a razor blade 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z But Lilli’s backbone, bolstered through the nimble tweaking of play doctor Green, serves to keep the cringe factor at bay. Review | On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z I was a cringing maggot back then, and it wasn’t much fun. Stanley Bing’s Real Identity Was a Closely Guarded Secret. Until It Wasn’t. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Her family had moved to a Southern California town with a name that still makes her cringe: Placentia. Music Review: Diva?s Struggles and Songs, Shared With Candor 2011-07-31T21:55:47Z Some people hate that they secretly love it, and watch it every year, cringing a little even as they swoon. Chris Matthews is America’s greatest champion of ‘Love Actually.’ So we watched it with him. 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The British comedy creator Julia Davis’s latest show is as likely to make you cringe as it is to make you laugh — and that’s by design. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Sally4Ever’ and ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z In the middle of all the laughs and cringe, it may repair some things. When Your Girlfriend Is Your Father 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But what distinguishes the series isn’t the cringe comedy. Review: ‘PEN15’ Goes Crudely, Sweetly Back to School 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Over time, though, the wholesale critical rejection of Perry has softened into a begrudging acceptance, and perhaps even a cringing love. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “I don’t want that level of cringe. Being Blindboy in real life would be a very, very cringe existence.” An Outsider Takes on Ireland, From Inside a Plastic Bag 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Mix a little Jiminy Glick with “Between Two Ferns,” and you have this cringe comedy chat show, featuring the “Saturday Night Live” cast member Vanessa Bayer as an unctuous foil for straight-face musicians. Funny, Kooky and Short on the Net 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z As an adult, it’s hard not to cringe a little watching her make these choices, especially knowing that she’s dealing with ongoing problems at home. Why Missy Foreman-Greenwald of "Big Mouth" is one of the most relatable characters on television 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z She squirms, cringes and is mortified about her “cluelessness, born of intractable white privilege.” In Katie Couric’s ‘Going There,’ There Includes Family Skeletons, Busting Into the Boys’ Club and More 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z One called “White Fantasy” practically makes me cringe. My Grandfather Was a Famous Artist. He Also Made Greeting Cards. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z I would cringe if something was not quite right. "Your worst nightmare is to lose your child": Amy Ryan on her new Netflix film "Lost Girls" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z As for gangster films, with their dreadful middle-class cringe, and uniquely distasteful celebration of working-class criminal mores, the less said the better, which is why The Sopranos was such a breath of fresh cordite. The debate: Can British TV produce drama as good as Mad Men? 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z I cringe when white liberals use a word from the black vernacular, that black people use to describe one another, as an embodiment of evil. Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z More so than concerns about corporate cringe or seasonal creep, people came to hate the pumpkin spice latte simply because lots of women loved it, thereby rendering it obviously and irreparably "basic." Britney, Pamela and pumpkin spice: What the PSL hatred was always really about 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z We winced, marveled, cringed, laughed, became somber, and cheered when Django rescued his wife and took his ultimate revenge. It’s not easy being a black Tarantino fan: He wants to be treated like a black filmmaker — and doesn’t get why that’s impossible 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The second and third episodes of the season in particular made me shake my head, cringe, jump a little, chuckle, and laugh out loud several times. "True Blood" returns with even sharper teeth 2010-06-12T00:20:00Z Her work induces cringes, queasy laughter and sighs of every stripe — pain, shame, outrage. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The friends met a decade ago when they worked at the same terrible, NYC brunch spot, shown in a cringing scene of racism by the café's awful patrons. How "Fire Island" does Jane Austen 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In laying bare Antonio’s prejudices during the first act, Thompson mockingly assumes the cringing tones of a racist caricature, a barbed and devastating choice that shows his anguished self-awareness. Review: A ‘Merchant of Venice’ That Doubles Down on Pain 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z If you want a sideshow, Rihanna will gladly give you a more lurid one than what you’ve been cringing in anticipation of. Critic's Notebook: Rihanna’s Album ‘Unapologetic’ Makes Most of Her Talent 2012-11-20T18:20:20Z There are plenty of cringes in this book, none more edifying than the ones found in the diary that Fisher kept during the filming of “Star Wars” when she and Ford were involved. Kissing Harrison Ford and other cringe-worthy moments in Carrie Fisher’s book 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z All it does now is remind me of a time when I used to smile when I heard his name, rather than cringe. Confessions of a Reformed Shia Labeouf Fan 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Did you cringe at all, as writers often do when we re-examine old work? Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “I cringe,” he said when asked about the experience of watching himself in eight hours of first-person TV. Television: ‘The Mind of a Chef,’ With David Chang on PBS 2012-11-04T16:54:16Z But I often cringe at his yelling — which is sometimes directed at me — and, honestly, I cringe at his anger in general. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Don’t make excuses for a husband’s yelling 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Fireworks, the flash of sequins, champagne, loud parties, forced bonhomie: If the thought of going out on New Year’s makes you cringe, celebrate with one of these books instead. Ringing in 2019 With Novels Old and New 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z There are so many moments where I cringe and say, Oh God, this is so weird and racist, but it somehow works. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z This happy ending for both sisters could not have been foretold by Beverly, who initially cringed at the thought of making a home back in North Carolina. At Home With Beverly McIver: At Home With the Artist Beverly McIver 2012-02-08T23:47:19Z Their efforts were alternately profound, moving and earnest — some triumphs and some cringing misses. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Coming from an amateur blogger, such positivism would be cause to cringe, but Iain’s enthusiasm is contagious. Pint-size theater critic earns rave reviews from fans like Perez Hilton, Sara Bareilles Instead of cringing when Buffy cries over Angel or wants to go shopping instead of patrolling for monsters, we root for her to have that normalcy. Slaying the patriarchy: Everything I need to know I learned 20 years ago from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “My hair started to curl,” said my dining companion, cringing. Choice Tables: How to Eat Well in Athens 2011-01-14T19:55:00Z There is a Taylor Swift song that makes me cringe every time I hear it, especially in the context of her net worth. Of course even Taylor Swift’s cats are capitalists 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z I cringed as a pair of disembodied hands sliced a dough-filled balloon in half with scissors. The “Oddly Satisfying” Pleasures of Slime Porn 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z “Whenever my clients use the term New Year’s resolution I make a cringe face,” she says. Perspective | New Year’s Day is trash 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Trash is a real concern, too, and I cringed at the flotsam of plastic bags, cups and even furniture that bobbed in the channel. Explorer: At the End of Eden, Rustic Tranquillity 2013-09-12T16:37:46Z Their first album for eight years "doesn't induce the comeback cringe" according to Kitty Empire's review. Bloc.2012: festival preview 2012-07-03T16:20:00Z And I cringe for two reasons: First of all, you’ve got this police officer mistreating somebody else, and everybody’s upset about that. D.C.’s police chief on the one time he had to use a gun. The perp was a dog. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z When I reminded her of a joke she told about movies that cast handsome people as rapists, she cringed, saying she would do that in a more nuanced way now. Give Phoebe Robinson the Title She Deserves: Boss 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “I’m cringing at being sold something so blatantly.” Pickleball Is Expanding. Tennis Is Mad. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Like, if anything makes any of us cringe, we don’t have to explain why, we just call “cringe.” The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z You cringe, but trust us: This was a big, squishy hit with a troop of Girl Scouts in Tacoma recently. 5 fun things to do with your kids, from intriguing art to armpit fudge | The Weekly Wonder 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z We cringe at video of an animal being mocked in a moment of indignity, but the Internet bulges with videos of babies and children captured ignominiously like so many dancing bears for our supposed amusement. Cultural Studies: The Digital Lives of Babies 2011-02-18T22:04:31Z When we got to her bedroom, the bed was unmade on both sides, and we stood there uncomfortably while I cringed at the thought that this rather unpleasant woman had not slept alone. Motherlode Blog: 'Sleepovers' With My 9-Year-Old Daughter 2012-10-07T12:00:10Z “At the time, I kind of cringed,” he said. “Babe”: Pig at the Philharmonic 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Among the whites, the men stand triumphantly at the top; their women cringe, sigh, and faint below; and the Asians are left to scramble for what's left, like beggars at a refuse heap. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z And in an insult that sounds like it could have come straight from Exotic's lips, the pamphlet added that even Bailey's "performing lions are cringing, crawling, sneaking frauds." Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America’s 19th-century tiger kings 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Govan, in contrast, cringes when he senses tension in the room. Michael Govan: A museum director who goes beyond the gallery walls 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z In “Girls,” there is no observation, no joke, no value to the scene beyond cringing shock value. “You need to go, white man”: “Girls” hits trolling peak by pushing anti-p.c. backlash buttons 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z On the other hand, you might cringe to see the film’s wit and delicacy ruined by maudlin excess and wish you could remix the tape to get rid of that song you always hated. | 'One Day': Emma and Dex and July 15 2011-08-18T12:00:00Z Kill Me Now: Accept my eternal gratitude for letting us cringe right alongside you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mockers of children’s names, thy name is Arrogance 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Though some scenes are liable to make you cringe, essentially it’s a show about what makes us human. Ramy: culture-clash comedy with a deeper message 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z And I cringed a bit when they saw our—we have this programmable tunnel thing that you walk through. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z So I cringed at some of the attention my departure from Time drew. Can the black middle class survive? 2012-09-03T14:00:00Z There is a high cringe factor in watching these performers working so hard with such odd, weak material. AP critic takes toddler to epic flop `Oogieloves' 2012-09-07T20:25:10Z According to Hill, there’s one moment, late in the film, that she’s especially looking forward to sharing with theater audiences — potentially cringing in tandem. AFI Docs returns to the theater — carefully — after going entirely online last year 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z For when Murphy is flipping channels on television and stumbles across “Raw,” he cringes. Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But I still cringed every time my parents tried to get around the English connotations of his nickname by drawing out different vowel sounds: asking after SHAH-dee or how is SHAD-ee doing? Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z Ironically, Faulkner likely would have cringed to know his personal items are to be part of a public bidding war, Griffith said. Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection 2010-06-18T17:27:00Z I cringe every time I see the misplaced apostrophe, and for 10 years I've been biting my tongue, not wanting to insult my boss's wife. Perspective | Miss Manners: Time for exec’s assistant to fix grammatical error 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z “She cringed at the idea of a designer tree,” he said. For this year’s Christmas tree decorations, embrace the unexpected 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Broder writes with the kind of honesty that can make you cringe and laugh, and then catch your breath, brought up short by a kind of existential dread. The only addiction “that hasn’t tried to kill me”: Melissa Broder on confessional writing, anxiety, and how much honesty is too much 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Also as usual, it’s stuffed with name actors who seem to be having a good time, which can be diverting when you’re not cringing. ‘The Gentlemen’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys, Sometimes With Guns 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z If you are part of a regular meeting where that one guy always jumps in with "The fact of the matter is . . . ," you may cringe at that phrase. Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “U-S-A!” the crowd chanted back at her, and she cringed at the implication of the rejoinder. Evening in America: What it felt like on Trump’s Fourth of July 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “F--- this is cringe to watch,” one person slammed. Fitness influencer reveals 'loose skin' on Instagram, gets called out by fans: 'Where?' 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Fans who dug the band’s old sound might cringe at its unabashed radio-readiness and robot-love motif, but it could also serve as an “indie” gateway for new mainstream listeners. Ra Ra Riot’s new album is a pleasing radio-ready departure 2013-02-07T23:24:56Z But they remain in close emotional contact with the cringing, the alienation, the clowning, the wariness, the self-mistrust and self-satire that came with growing up poor and Black in Pittsburgh. John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z But when I’m looking at the edits of the show, if it’s me talking about myself, it makes me cringe a little. Ellen Page: ‘Being out became more important than any movie’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z We hearten at his first little potato sprout, and cringe when he runs out of ketchup. Perspective | The best movies about isolation that speak to our moment, from ‘Rear Window’ to ‘Cast Away’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Think of the Roy family's third season journey as a drawn-out version of Kendall's cringe, only with steeper ramifications than mere embarrassment. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Case in point: Seinfeld was recently performing before an audience who cringed at a joke he made about people scrolling through their cellphones with gestures reminiscent of a "gay French kind." Jerry Seinfeld decries 'creepy, P.C. thing' in comedy on 'Late Night' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Raging Bull got the Oscars, but The King of Comedy anticipated a movement – cringe comedy – that has come to dominate TV and movie screens everywhere. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z They would cringe, unable to push past the thought of digital contact with feces. Is It Time for Americans to Embrace the Bidet? 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Another cringingly misjudged skit titled Meet The Peeps featured an interview with the "Organic Mother Of The Year". Wednesday Night Fever gets off to a lukewarm start – TV review 2013-07-03T23:14:01Z That said, for a chef who serves 23-course tasting menus that last four hours, he seems to cringe instinctively at the faintest whiff of pretense. Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z But when he said it, I tried not to cringe. Your Therapist’s Prescription? The Right Book. 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z As a teenager working alongside him, I would cringe in embarrassment; I was avenged when I spat and sang my obscene parody of his beloved opera on national telly. Comedian Mark Tomas: why I wrote a show about my dad 2012-08-06T17:35:04Z Salinger's only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published in 1951 and gradually achieved a status that made him cringe. 2010-01-28T21:05:00Z Objectively speaking, the worst thing about the festive season is the cringing bonhomie of an all-office Secret Santa. Why the office Secret Santa is the worst Christmas tradition 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The young director Owen Kline packs worlds of cringe into “Funny Pages” — shame, disgust, embarrassment, sweaty sexual panic, acres of pustules — it’s all here in this terrific, tonally flawless feature debut. ‘Funny Pages’ Review: Ordinary Life, Complex Stuff 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z It was interesting to watch the people around him as he’s sharing his heartfelt views: They’re kind of cringing, because they’re Republicans and would prefer he hew to the party line. Kenneth Vogel on billionaires, politics and his book 'Big Money' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But to really experience some the ovary-shriveling cringe I challenge you to get through Harrison and Lindsay's entire 14-minute conversation without flinching every time Harrison says "woke." From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z So "Don't Panic Pantry" will, this week, "celebrate" — which I cringe as I say that word because nobody wants to be trapped at home — our 40th episode. "I love weird characters": Iliza Shlesinger on creating Cashew Albacore & her Netflix sketch show 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Painfully earnest and yet cringingly self-congratulatory, they all follow Gilbert’s road to redemption — an emotional collapse, a spiritual journey, a self-affirming conclusion — in the most prosaic way possible. ‘Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It’: Really? We need to talk. 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Although I was thrilled about what we were undertaking, I cringed. Modern Love: Labels of Married Life, in a New Light — Modern Love 2013-01-18T19:53:01Z But whenever I hear myself or others use the term “school gentrification,” I cringe. Motherlode Blog: Why I Want to Choose the ‘Disadvantaged’ Local School (and Why I Might Not) 2013-05-30T18:30:20Z But if we’re really honest, when it comes to our national television most of us are a little guilty of cultural cringe – "a disease of the Australian mind", as A A Phillips famously wrote. A Place to Call Home is Australian television to be proud of 2013-07-18T02:32:00Z Whenever Gaby Wolff of Ann Arbor, Mich., swipes and sees a dog photo, she cringes at the memory of one of her most awkward dates. Analysis | Dogfishing: When online daters pose with adorable pets that aren’t theirs 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z There was nothing elegiac or bleak—sometimes I cringe when my stories are described as elegiac or bleak—and I quite liked the unkindness and ludicrousness of that encounter. This Week in Fiction: Yiyun Li on Fairy Tales 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Of all the responses — cringing, apologetic, disbelieving, timid — Farhi’s was the most direct. A stranger e-mailed saying he planned to kill himself. What was I supposed to do? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z When you say that I kind of cringe a little bit, because that’s such a fraught territory. Whitney Cummings: "Crazy" Is the "New C-Word" 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Santibañez says Mexican food legend Diana Kennedy cringes at the latter option, while he loves the jolt. Review | Vibrant plates and a stunning interior have Mi Vida shining brightly 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z That is the only moment that I probably cringe at now because it was unprovoked. After 25 Years, How Well Has Madonna’s ‘Truth or Dare’ Aged? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z She is contemptuous of both her bourgeois mama and her dissolute cringing father, who is in thrall to opium and gambling. Gigola blends pulp and soft porn at London lesbian and gay film festival 2011-03-30T11:52:01Z Blunt’s antics may make audiences alternatively laugh or cringe, but as is the case with all skillful humor, the show touches a broad nerve – in this case about celebrity-driven culture. Being Blunt: When the News Becomes the News: A Playbook for Recovering 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z His body language — the way he cringes in not-so-mock fear when he talks about Eliza — is like a cry straight from his psyche. Review: ‘What We’re Up Against,’ a Sexism Story More Timely Than Ever 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z For those of us who weren't especially looking forward to successive early-evening episodes of Bible soap from frothy drama supremo Tony Jordan, The Nativity offered surprisingly little in the way of a good cringe. Rewind TV: Doctor Who; The Nativity; Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express; Come Fly With Me 2010-12-26T00:05:17Z She says now she "hated every single second" writing her weekly column; "I would cringe when I saw it." Linda Grant 2011-01-17T08:00:01Z Besides handling the dramatic aspects with keen sensitivity, director Fine gets the period details exactly right, especially the awful 70's era wardrobes and hairstyles that leave modern audiences cringing. Review: 'Any Day' is beautifully etched drama 2012-12-12T15:16:08Z In her new book Cringeworthy: How to Make the Most of Uncomfortable Situations, Melissa Dahl explores our experience of awkwardness, drawing on cringe comedy to do so. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z As “cringe” implies, we may recoil at the uglier parts of our past. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The advertising task is always the best one for cringe value and almost always includes a candidate who fancies themself as an actor, confidently stepping up to the job and being absolutely awful. The Apprentice 2013 episode eight: live blog 2013-06-19T19:09:46Z Looking back, “I’m cringing, just really embarrassed about that,” Mr. Hammond said. A Slow Burn Through All the Highs and Lows 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He was, of course, much further from his own youth by 2004, but despite the cringe factor, that didn’t disqualify him. Perspective | How Tom Wolfe’s ‘I Am Charlotte Simmons’ sounded the death knell for New Journalism 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z So to all you cringing food cowards out there, I just want to leave you with a thought: Citizens of the world: Don’t let the food cowards win. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z I was embarrassed by my parents, our food, our language, cringing at the sound of them speaking Bengali to me in public. What’s in my name: tales that cross continents and generations 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Every time, I cringed a little inside thinking of the potential for hair in the oatmeal.” ‘A Concert of Parents Wrapped in Memories’: Readers on ‘Goodnight Moon’ 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z "As a Zambian, the whole article just made me cringe," Ngoma wrote. Controversial Africa memoir draws fire for Louise Linton, actress, self-published author and Trump dining companion 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z There were thousands of times when he made us laugh, gasp, cringe or whatever. Video: Your Favorite David Letterman Memories 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong, who wrote the finale and the equally stunning penultimate episode of this season, “D.C.,” earns every howl and cringe his dialogue and twists yield in those season-ending hours. "Succession" ends its second season with a killer instinct 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z I cringe at podcasts where the hosts giggle recounting heinous crimes, but I know that other people find that gallows humor a tension-reducing release. Making Ted Bundy a "rock star": Are we creeps for loving true crime? 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z She is often best when she places her characters in cringingly embarrassing situations. In ‘Rodham,’ Curtis Sittenfeld Reimagines Hillary’s Life 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z And in a turn that will delight fans of “The Comeback,” Lisa Kudrow turns a pathologically lying White House aide into hilarious cringe comedy. When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Given the political turbulence roiling the nation, the cringefest of recent years calls to mind the concept of “cultural cringe,” coined by the Australian literary critic A.A. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z And when he erred, Franzen would lean to the side, as though to protect himself, or cringe so visibly it sent waves of discomfort through the screen. Jonathan Franzen's Appearance on Jeopardy! Was Perfect TV 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But the moments of emotional depth and humanity are rare — though sometimes quite touching — and the moments of cringing and overproduction are plentiful. ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’: The Review 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Over the months that she had been front page news, we cringed when the writer Diana Trilling compared her to an unwritten Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary. Reflections: Jean Harris’s Cautionary Tale 2013-01-04T21:45:19Z When the show focused on Don Draper’s wife, Betty, a repressed housewife in suburbia, my mom visibly cringed. Lives: Watching ?Mad Men? With My Mother 2012-03-25T07:00:08Z She cringes when I quote from a 2003 newspaper article earmarking her – then a teenager – as an up-and-coming British actor to watch. Why Emily Blunt can't believe her luck 2012-06-16T21:31:04Z It’s transformative, even if the videos themselves make you cringe a bit when you think about them too much. Viral video news memes bring fame – but still feel almost racist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But of course it does open up the cringing horror of smutty email exchanges. Spoiler alert! Fifty percent of “Fifty Shades of Grey” 2012-07-09T14:02:00Z I’m way invested, cringing at missed layups and willing free throws into the net. Lonnae O’Neal: The (painful) birth of a basketball dad 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The first time I read it I just hung my head and cringed. Dear Internet: Sorry about that motherhood post 2013-02-03T02:00:00Z "It's a bit embarrassing really," she cringes, shyly. 'Forces take you over' 2011-02-12T00:03:28Z Whenever I see dubbed versions of an original I cringe. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 5: Hold the Door 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Eventually, I cringed less and less as people I knew offered the same befuddled look as I offered grilled shrimp in turn. Motherlode Blog: A New Mom Is Downsized, but Not Down and Out 2013-04-25T18:55:03Z When he demurs, and she declares, “I love you,” you cringe. Movie Review: ‘Love Sick Love,’ Directed by Christian Charles 2013-04-18T22:57:11Z Although some atheists — myself included — may cringe at the “w” word, Emerson reminds us to be wary of casting our neighbors in a negative light. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z His cringe comedy often began as a spoof of the hustle of American entrepreneurs, but invariably spun off into melancholy, oddly poetic moments. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “On a certain level, your first reaction is to cringe,” Ms. Kraus said of the increased exposure, “especially because the character names in the book are not changed.” Chris Kraus, Author of ‘I Love Dick,’ Returns to the Bronx 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z What a revelation, then, to return to a character we last saw when Barack Obama was still in the White House, to once again cringe at her and root for her. "Fleabag" gets a brilliant swan song: Who says there are no great finales? 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “I cringed at the thought of drinking ‘big’ or ‘powerful’ zinfandels, as some readers described them, in the heat of the summer.” In Zinfandel, Brawn Wins Out 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z I’m not going to do the work of digging it up, mainly because seeing my old LiveJournal makes me cringe and break out in hives all over. Outrage culture changed the world: “PC” critics are wrong — marriage equality happened because activists used shame and rage 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z When the minister appeals to the heavens, they look upwards; when Patrick O'Kane, who plays the anguished hero with unvarying raw force, bellows, they cringe. The Late Middle Clases; The Crucible; Ingredient X 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Maybe the answer is dive into my accounts and delete anything incriminating, but the thought of wading through years of lame jokes and bad haircuts induces a full-body cringe. Should I delete all my old tweets? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Reviews of Paris Hilton's debut album were mixed--some cringed at what they viewed to be a soulless music venture covered in glitter, while others found it to be expertly produced and fun. Celebrities Who Make Music 2010-07-14T17:00:00Z “The series started out cringe worthy, but gets better,” said Arthur Back, a 22-year-old volunteer for an NGO that resettles political refugees. ‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “When we came to the page in my school textbook about Dred Scott, I would cringe.” A Fictional Apology to Dred Scott, Born of a Real Family’s Painful Legacy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Time was when Ms. Bernhard, brandishing a flashlight, prowled the darkened stage like an avenging police officer, peering into the audience and flushing out suspects as they cringed in their seats. Review: In ‘Feel the Bernhard,’ Sandra Feels Less Menacing 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Being called a sex symbol has always made me cringe. Burt Reynolds: ‘I dumped a load of manure on the National Enquirer' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Sedaris, 61, said he cringed when he thought about people reading through his early, unpublished work and, eventually, his complete diary. David Sedaris’s Back Pages, Before ‘SantaLand’ Made Him a Star 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Some reflections are vague, airy, even bordering on cringe. Descended From Shamans and Ghost Whisperers 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z But we laugh with her as much as we laugh at her, and we root for her as much as we cringe. Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z I cringe to think of tutorials where esteemed experts had to suffer me as I smoked endless Gauloises in order to facilitate our discussion of Descartes. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z The collective cringe that rippled across the room was palpable. How “Queer Eye” approached a culturally sensitive season in Japan beyond karate and chopsticks 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Germaphobes cringe at the idea of touching a tray table that’s been touched by countless passengers before them, and for good reason. Want to stay healthy while flying? Follow this advice from an aviation doctor. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z We have the cringe rule in the band. The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Maybe they look back at photos from high school and cringe at their fashion choices. The Jean War between millennials and Gen Z cannot be won 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z While some of these images are camp or cringe, Mr. Cheatham’s image of Ms. Harris was sincere. These Images Tell the Stories of American Blackness 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Cool girls are undeniably cringe, and arguably the modern Judas Iscariots of feminism. “Kevin Can F**K Himself” is a thorough takedown of the “Gone Girl” cool girl 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z On the other hand, I imagine being corrected by a partner and cringe. Fiancé wants her to change bad habits 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “Every time I come home, I cringe at the politics,” says Hugh Rutherford, a photographer and filmmaker living in Kampala, Uganda. 'A spoilt brat country': the Australians overseas who decided not to come home 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Her hopes of an Edward R. Murrow moment dashed, she screamed and thrashed, and her outsize anger was cathartically funny, undercutting the passion and naïveté just before we went into full cringe. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Newsroom’ Finale and Both Sides of Aaron Sorkin 2012-08-23T21:55:32Z The series is as funny, bittersweet and keenly observed as ever — and highly recommended for anyone who doesn’t mind cringing at their own icky memories of adolescence. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in September 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z I cringed when the hospitality director suggested we photograph our menus in the morning so we could recall our selections at dinner. Cruising the Past, from Baltimore to Charleston 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The mischievous, manic clown, beckoning us to follow him to a comic three-ring circus, has shriveled to an unreadable automaton with cringing body language. Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in ‘Boulevard’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z So on those nights when mom was working, my husband recalled cringing as he watched his very-over-it father open a kitchen cupboard and reach toward its highest shelf. The great mac and cheese debate, and my go-to recipe for the holidays 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z I tried it, cringed and felt Luke’s pain. In Sicily, Tasting Seafood With a Skeptical Son 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z But Mr. Ryan took the stage less as a swaggering adversary than a beleaguered middle manager in a workplace cringe comedy. C-Span, Gun Control and a Protest Made for Streaming 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z We "tut" at documentaries about Camp X-Ray, cringe at photos of abuse in Abu Ghraib and wallow in hysteria generated by the headlines of the sensationalist press. Four Lions shows human face of terrorism 2010-05-09T11:00:00Z But although you might hear the term "makeover movie" and cringe, a number of fine films actually build from the protagonist getting a makeover, though it may be of an unusual sort. Clip joint: makeovers 2011-03-02T16:59:00Z When I see a photo of myself, I cringe. Perspective | Hey, President Trump, is there room on your staff for a spellchecker? 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Seeing poor Mr. Huntsman’s face on Fox News after he was asked about trailing Mr. Colbert, a former Second City performer, made for delightful cringe humor. Critic?s Notebook: Stephen Colbert Stirs Up Political Campaign and Media 2012-01-14T02:23:24Z And I cringe in horror when I hear the chorus start to climb. Style Invitational Week 1463: Fork over some (new) spoonerisms 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Do you cringe thinking about your life as a teenager? 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Avid fan as I am of L’Arpeggiata, even I cringed at a number of the jazzy Purcell arrangements. Review: L’Arpeggiata Opens Before Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But if you cringe as I do at the idea of baking until overdone, get off at Highlands, the nearest shore town, built on a bluff some 300 feet above the Sandy Hook Bay. No Subway. No Buses. No Uber. No Problem. 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Social media can still make her cringe and doubt herself, a feeling with which most young women will likely identify. Miley Cyrus: 'You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z I cringe to confess that I loved the new me, my turnout silky, my complexion as pore-less as an ingénue, and my pout as fat and glossy as it had been in my teens. The First of the Year 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z “When I look back at my old posts, I cringe. I think: ‘Gosh, you knew nothing! 'It's intoxicating – I became obsessed': has fitness gone too far? 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z The show is cringe comedy whose beating heart comes from their relationship. Best Comedy of 2020 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Eisenberg plays Simon with cringing, stammering authenticity, and he also plays James Simon, a man who is Simon’s exact replica and his complete opposite. Movie Review: ‘The Double,’ a Brainteaser From Richard Ayoade 2014-05-08T21:07:49Z But he didn’t cringe, or even say an “Is everyone O.K.?” let alone stop the car. Life on the Road, Colectivo Style 2010-07-15T21:19:00Z There are attempts at wordplay that just do not land, leaving viewers cringing. RuPaul made his sitcom-starring debut with "AJ and the Queen," and we are not amused 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z While the campaign is certainly underscored by a certain amount of outdated Girlboss-era cringe, it also feels like it was, at least in part, designed to feed the right-wing outrage machine. Tucker Carlson is once again enraged by "woke M&M's" lack of sex appeal 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image famously portrayed Sir Alastair as a cringing, fawning royalist, forever trying to suck up to the nearest available member of the royal family. Obituary: Sir Alastair Burnet 2012-07-20T09:34:12Z But when I think about feeding my children three days of nothing but juice, I cringe. If you’re intent on a juice cleanse, do some homework first Before, extras playing students in rubbishy horror films have only been able to retrospectively cringe at their terrible adolescent haircuts in two dimensions. Silent Hill Revelation - trailer review 2012-08-02T08:06:57Z You may grin at the giddy joy on display here, or you might cringe at the idea of an album that references Cribs boxsets. This Many Boyfriends – Going Out With ... : exclusive album stream 2012-10-01T10:00:00Z Dad would cringe, however, this is extremely important, as you cannot rush greatness. Let me teach you the secrets to making a God-level grilled cheese 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z You don't want them cringing, you want them laughing. A Comedy Roast needs fierce heat | James Kettle 2010-04-01T14:32:00Z The dialogue is brilliantly delivered by Carrell, but is still cringe to witness, almost as a sort of propaganda for the right-wing "cancel culture" culture war. "The Morning Show” and making sense of Mitch and Alex's wild ride in Italy 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z There is also something about this movie that prevented me from collapsing into a permanent cringe as I watched it. ‘Green Book’ Review: A Road Trip Through a Land of Racial Clichés 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The Solondz brand, to use a phrasing that would make him cringe, still has juice. Film: Todd Solondz Talks About ?Wartime? 2010-07-16T23:34:00Z What she gets back is a startling range of emphatic praise for shows that . . . well, as a critic, I sometimes cringe at what some people hold up as great TV. Perspective | Jimmy Kimmel can surely have fun with a virtual Emmys show, but will TV ever feel like a shared experience again? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Either way, the display of maternal viciousness made you hold your breath and cringe if only because we rarely see mothers behaving so horribly to children on television. ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Lots of Action and Many Questions 2011-03-14T14:19:02Z Whenever you listen to those call-in shows you’re always cringing, and there’s part of you that wants to change the channel because you’re embarrassed for them. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Every time I see them on screen together, I cringe. 'Empire' recap: Lucious -- not Jamal -- is the father 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Anytime a phrase begins with “Make America … ” these days, it’s easy to start cringing. Make America rage again, says hybrid band Prophets of Rage 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The series is also rife with particularly cringe financial decisions made by Carrie, who often winds up relying on friends or romantic partners to bail her out. “Sex and the City” author blasts show as un-feminist, defends Kim Cattrall 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Watts added she "cringed a little" when she first saw the film--"like, here are these two comedy greats and I'm the one bouncing off the walls." Naomi Watts looks to comedy, and a lighter career 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z And it’s not a small cough, it’s a hard, barky, loud, painful cough that makes you cringe. My husband won’t see the doctor 2013-01-31T01:00:00Z But if TLC promotes the show as a love story, fans take it in as a cringe comedy and a true-crime drama and a catastrophe that keeps on giving. ‘90 Day Fiancé’: An Anti-Fantasy for Troubled Times 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Did West spend his Valentine’s Day on a cringe romantic gesture? Perspective | Lessons Kanye West and Ben Affleck taught us on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Financial advisers may especially cringe at the thought of loading up cards with wedding expenses, especially if you’re in the habit of carrying monthly balances. How to Get Help Paying for Your Wedding 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The rest of us are left to cringe. The Trouble With The Bachelorette 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Inmate #06581138Z I miss my old familiar bed With cringing nymphs. Style Invitational Week 1376: Get thee to a funnery 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z As I got older, I relished the wit and cringes. Season's readings: Three stories by Saki 2010-12-23T13:04:07Z They were the kind of photos which send the Bible Belt into righteous fury and make feminists cringe. Resignation of Miss America lays bare nation's neuroses: from the archive, 24 July 1984 2013-07-24T06:30:00Z And now, every time I walk by one of their new locations — the house of "hate chicken" in my city — I cringe on the inside. In the Popeyes vs Chick-fil-A fried chicken war, a sandwich is never just a sandwich 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Watching the clip back, I cringed when I saw how Bolton’s body slid off the back of Cowboy Up just as the bull’s hind legs bucked to extension. The cowboy code: Bonner Bolton on being the model all-American man 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z He helped usher in a renaissance of documentary-style cringe comedy as a creator and star of the original British version of “The Office.” Ricky Gervais on ‘After Life’ and Life After the Golden Globes 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z In the beautiful, harrowing “Strangers,” a figure seems to attack or punish a second one who is bent over, cringing, face covered, with one large guilty, fearful eye peeking out. Dana Schutz’s New Paintings Just Might Be Her Best 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Until I encountered his potent brew of minstrelsy and melodrama I hadn’t known it was possible — except perhaps in plays like “Bootycandy,” by Mr. O’Hara — to cringe and laugh and blush at the same time. Review: Race and Sex in Plantation America in ‘Slave Play’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The interview garnered an estimated 3,283 reaction tweets, 54% of which expressed embarrassment for the duo using words such as "awkward," "uncomfortable" and "cringe." Oscars 2015: Lady Gaga provides show's biggest Twitter, Facebook moment 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Throughout the past year, I’ve cringed every time the phrase “the new normal” was deployed in stories about people shaking ankles or working remotely. Seattle’s biggest concert weekend in 2 years is here. And it feels kinda weird 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The second reason I cringe is because whenever people look at a video like that and they see someone wearing the uniform, they have a tendency to attribute that to everybody who wears the uniform. D.C.’s police chief on the one time he had to use a gun. The perp was a dog. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z On the first day, Kirkland, who proved to be something of a joy whisperer, advised them to “embrace the cringe,” to make new friends, to form “silly-ships.” Amid the Mountains, They Can Be ‘Open Without Being Judged’ 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z No. You're going to cringe and beg to be put out of your misery. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z All the women gasp and cringe, and Nick tries not to enjoy it too much. The Bachelor Season 21, Episode 2 Recap: Nick Gets Dumped 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z People cringed at his initial response to the coronavirus, as he let spring breakers party on in March even as the epidemiological forecasts were prompting other governors to essentially close their states for business. Does Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis know what he’s doing? We’re about to find out. 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Watching the scene makes you squirm, yell, laugh, and cringe. Judd Apatow’s Guidebook for Comedy Geeks 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Music fans sometimes cringe when one of their favorite songs turns up in a TV commercial, especially songs that seem to be about rebellion or fighting the Man. Pop music’s biggest sellout: How many brands paid for product placement in your favorite songs? 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z If you’re already missing the gang at Dunder-Mifflin, here are 10 more key cringe comedy shows for you to laugh and squirm at. Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies 2013-05-13T09:45:13Z But I cringe a little bit when I see them, because of damage to the hat. A chat about hats with Seattle milliner Annie deVuono 2011-04-15T23:22:10Z They meet and flirt at the conference reception — Ms. Vapnyar memorably and cringingly captures the awkward, jolting, giddy and hopeful pattern that small talk makes when two people are attracted to each other. Books of The Times: ‘The Scent of Pine,’ by Lara Vapnyar 2013-12-31T21:47:12Z They cringe at the special-effects finale, when a flock of bats is dispatched against the vampires. Don Sharp, Director, Dies at 89; Revived Hammer Horror Films 2011-12-23T15:58:59Z “Reading the story today makes me cringe and I deeply regret writing it and any other ways in which I participated in the rampant misogyny of the media landscape at the time.” ‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z I went in expecting to be cringing and angry, deploring QT's arrogant ignorance. Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant? 2013-01-10T21:00:04Z Instead of cringing in shame at her suddenly bad reputation, she defiantly decides to use it for good. | 'Easy A': Being Naughty to Be Nice, as the Rumor Mill Awaits 2010-09-16T23:39:00Z And if there is one recipe that might make me cringe in the years to come, it will, for sure, be this one. Welcome to the feast: exclusive recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's new book 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Turns out you can't actually die from cringing, but I came close. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mockers of children’s names, thy name is Arrogance 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z However, Perry Farrell himself was recently quoted saying: “I hate EDM… I sometimes cringe at my own festival.” What Lollapalooza Looked Like in the Early 90's 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z There’s a scene in “Celebrity,” Woody Allen’s 1998 film about fame, that always makes me cringe. Modern Love: How Hollywood Ruined Me for Romance 2014-01-23T19:38:45Z Nolan calls it a “ride,” the kind of cringe-inducing language encouraged by marketing departments. Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' Is a Masterpiece 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “I laugh when I see it. I cringe and laugh at just about anything I see.” The most famous pro-Trump artist in the U.S. has moved into his ‘Mueller’ phase. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z I cringed again at the story of a New York Times editor who suggests to Ms. Steinem that they discuss her work “in a hotel room this afternoon.” Review: ‘Gloria: A Life,’ Starring Ms. Steinem and Her Audience 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z If we weren’t married, it’s the sort of thing that I would cringe myself to sleep about every night. How I married a world-champion air guitarist who turned up on my doorstep 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z And it's occasionally sort of jokey – Giamatti slips on banana peel while running after train, audience cringes for director – but never nearly as acerbic or as funny as the original. Did Barney need another version? 2011-01-27T11:34:22Z In cases like these, cringe functions as cancel-lite: somewhere between a traffic ticket and a death penalty sentence in the court of social media opinion. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Jurors closely watched the footage, some visibly cringing as Floyd’s moans echoed through the courtroom. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters Some people did cringe for Phoenix, wondering if he really had gone off the deep end. He's still here: Phoenix rises again with 'Master' 2012-09-11T16:50:31Z When a Haitian reporter walks up and asks him about his personal accomplishments in Haiti, the actor cringes. Penn spends serious time helping post-quake Haiti 2010-03-15T18:08:00Z Every time Eisenberg’s eyes flickered to his tape recorder to ensure that the red “recording” light was showing, I cringed with recognition. How “The End of the Tour” Nails an Entire Profession 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But too often it shoots past cringe comedy into straight-up cruelty without relief or enough redeeming laughs, becoming a “No Exit” experience of watching the terrible be terrible to the terrible. Review: ‘Camping’ Is a Long, Uncomfortable Trip 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z I was cringing the whole time because I knew what was to come. ‘The Night Of’ Series Premiere: Fate at the Wheel 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z “Oh, it’s not for me,” I said quickly … and then cringed because it sounded so much like a lie. “Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy 2014-03-10T23:00:00Z Some people use the word “cringe,” and then others find him incredibly sympathetic. ‘Succession’: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s ‘Catastrophic’ Ending 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “I sat cringing before M-G-M’s Technicolor production of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ which displays no trace of imagination, good taste, or ingenuity.” Sunday Reading: Nights at the Cinema 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Those of us who belong to the second group, however, cringe at the thought of noticeable makeup. | The Stained Look Comes to Lipstick 2013-08-16T13:00:25Z Quinn is far from a cringe comic who says things simply to shock. Colin Quinn on why PC culture ruins comedy: "Comedy's never positive" 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z She also remembers, with cringe- worthy clarity, a certain wardrobe malfunction at a dance. Middle school texting story inspired by century-old letter writer 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z I knew it was bad when Zane, cringing behind a pillow, asked to go to bed. Motherlode Blog: Watching Movies With the Kids Is a Mixed Bag 2013-04-19T13:20:20Z People rarely change on TV comedies – because if their characters developed too much – and stopped making us cringe – what would we have to laugh about? Casual season two focuses on friends – with benefits 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z This past week, my friends and I have cringed when we read about it and talked to each other.” Brett Kavanaugh goes to the movies 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Baker, the actor, who is based in New South Wales, believes “Australians have a little bit of a cultural cringe with seeing their own accent on the screen” and “an inferiority complex,” he said. Australians Took Over Hollywood. Their Own Box Office Had to Wait. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z When I mentioned this to her, she cringed at the memory. Mica Levi’s Anti-Musical Soundtracks 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z "It's not that they are all afraid and cringe, because they don't," Donaldson said. Fox's correspondent on front lines with Obama 2012-12-06T13:24:09Z But his latest play is more likely to induce a cringe. ‘1 + 1’ Review: She Just Wants to Be His Plaything 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z There’s a fight-to-the-death scene involving a cattle prod that still has me cringing. Review | ‘Winter Counts’ hits the sweet spot between gritty thriller and social novel 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s not meant to be humorous, but it is delivered with such ferocity that you can’t help but cringe and chuckle. From “Making a Murderer” to “Don't F**k with Cats,” the evolution of true crime this decade 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z He’s a Hollywood heavy distracted by personal problems, slavishly devoted to Method acting, and cringingly patronizing to black actors. ‘Trouble in Mind’: A timely look at prejudice, principle 2013-07-24T23:15:10Z There are a lot of things about a "Barbie" movie that could have so easily been horribly cringe and inappropriate. "Barbie" unleashes the overkill that is the Mattel Cinematic Universe 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z She iced the cake with the message “Sorry U Died!” and sampled it, cringing on-camera. America’s next top mortician: “It really improves your life to be around corpses” 2012-10-27T22:00:00Z "Corny, awkward, or douchey, this freak likes to binge on cringe." From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z But it does contain that duet, and so companies feel obliged to put the work on stage every so often, regardless of its cringingly awful libretto, cardboard-thin characters and scarcely credible plot. The Pearl Fishers 2010-06-02T20:30:00Z There was a story about some of his angry supporters, displaying swastikas on their trucks, and she cringed reading it. ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z "I wanted to say, 'No, no, you've got the wrong person,'" he cringes. Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z I cringed when Jack sucker punched a Starfleet security guard in the face to get Seven out of her room. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Family Secrets 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z I cringe every time I catch people clutching their purses or choking up around me because I'm black. "I'd play the s**t out of George Washington": Jimmy O. Yang talks representation & his Amazon debut 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “Whatever featured boastful winners and cringing losers, he watched with avidity,” Jacobson writes. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The whole situation — photos he’d attempted to send privately to women but instead accidentally posted publicly on Twitter — was cringe. Perspective | I’m going to think about Anthony Weiner this one last time and then that’s it 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A couple of them blurt a bit of cringe, but the host steps back and lets the situation play out – and sure enough, a Karen within the group steps in and handles it. With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z I said to him, "Even if I cringe on some of the things I said, if it's true, it stays in." Rock legend Suzi Quatro on the secret to her success: "I never, ever did gender" 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “Derrick Jaxn’s reaction video to his confession is a wonderful mixture of cringe, shock and utter hilarity,” tweeted one user. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z And this knowledge makes watching “Search Party” an exercise in cringing with self-recognition while surrendering to gentle confusion over what, exactly, is going on. TBS’s “Search Party”: A holiday trip through tragedy appropriation 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z “I just wanted to fit in,” she recalled, cringing at the memory. Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real? 2010-09-03T22:43:00Z In their company, Tom and Gerri are patient, kind and nonjudgmental, offering advice and encouragement and overlooking behavior that might make less generous spirits cringe. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z We began to wonder whether we would be better off buying a new chair, although we cringed at the wastefulness of sending this one to the dump. Reupholster or replace? It’s not an easy answer. 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z She was, as we learn, a vet technician, a bit of information that does nothing to reduce the cringe factor. Kristen Wiig is fearless in reality TV-jabbing 'Welcome to Me' Baker added that even though people always "cringe" when he tells them he had a pet rat, his rat "was the cleanest thing you ever saw." 99-year-old WWII veteran launches career as children’s book author: ‘Reading is a foundation’ 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z In loss support groups, I cringe a little every time I hear myself hit the word “identical” a little too hard. “I am not supposed to be alone. I am one of a pair” 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Bravery or stupidity or a little cringe sometimes. "I'm actually not freezing my eggs": Nikki Glaser opens up about comedy, fertility and oversharing 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z For the last few hours, I’ve been wincing, nodding, smiling, cringing, chortling and arguing out loud at my computer monitor, which can only mean only one thing: I’m perusing reader comments. Readers Respond on Bags, Airfares and Global Entry 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But she also uses that scenario to put her only slant on the concept of cringe comedy, moving that brand of humor deeper into the territory of repulsiveness. “Smart Watch”: From “Sally4Ever” to “This Is Us,” there... 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z By that reckoning, cringe comedy is the ideal artform to help us navigate bewildering new interpersonal realities. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z To white voters cringing from accusations of racism, Wright-Rigeuer speculates, Diamond and Silk represent validation: How could Trump have a race problem when these two vibrant, independent black women like him so much? Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z She cringes and her voice becomes softer with embarrassment. Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Art is political in whatever way you slice it’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Estée Lauder might cringe, but this is how modern beauty empires are built on QVC, one of the largest television shopping networks in the world. Skin Deep: Telling Stories, Selling Beauty 2013-08-07T21:47:19Z However, both shows have also been described as cringe comedies: they may be touchy-feely, but squirming awkwardness is among the things they touch and feel. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z But the politicians and the scientists and the soldiers looked terrified, and cringed back towards their helicopter. Ursula Wills-Jones: Vusi Makusi 2011-07-22T22:02:23Z If people in the literary world bristle at Kuang’s withering depiction of the book business — or cringe in recognition — well, that’s exactly the point, she said. She Wrote a Blistering Satire About Publishing. The Publishing Industry Loves It. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Reporters believe that if they lay out a demagogue’s contradictions, quote people who cringe at what he has said or compile lists of his despicable utterance, that the demagogue will sink under his own weight. All the times the pundits declared Donald Trump toast — and what they say now 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Who can think of that scene where she reveals her self-portrait as Carlotta without cringing? Clip joint: libraries 2011-02-16T14:29:11Z She’s going to cringe if she reads this, but I gave our Ophelia, Kirsty Writer, a copy of this album because there’s something I think Hamlet’s obsessed with about using honesty as a tool. To Play Hamlet, Alex Lawther Became an ‘Expert on Grief’ 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z She didn't use it as a slur, but referred to it, pronouncing the R, and when I cringed, she argued that words don't have power. My mother and I haven't talked about the Atlanta spa attacks 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Ricky Gervais, the acerbic British comedian, skewered Mr. Gibson onstage last year, to the degree that many guests in ballroom cringed. What to Watch for at the Golden Globes 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Jenkins was lamenting the dearth of directors or writers interested in creating the “family values” content absent the “cringe factor” that so-called mainstream audiences, rightly or wrongly, associate with religious-themed entertainment. Film: Wine, Wafer, Popcorn: Hollywood Courts Christians 2010-08-20T19:34:00Z Emily Bazelon, a senior editor at Slate.com and a former editor of the Yale Law Review, said that “some of her causes are incredibly worthy, but her way of going about it makes me cringe.” The Avenger: Gloria Allred 2010-06-18T22:27:00Z But beyond these aggrieved hordes, it can seem at times as if nearly everyone in the country is nursing wounds, cringing over slights and embarrassments, inveighing against enemies and wishing for retribution. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The common thread of antihero drama and cringe comedy is the assumption that audiences could and should be able to distinguish between the mind-set of the protagonist and the outlook of the author. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z You must have a high bar, as a band, for cringe. The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z In one horrible scene, he demands that a cringing underling bite off two of his own fingers. Jack Reacher – review 2012-12-20T15:29:01Z I cringe when I hear him saying “shtrength” in my head. Gene Weingarten: The shtruggle is real 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z But I kept cringing: why was I even watching such a farrago? A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z It was possible, watching Hollywood’s collective cringe, to imagine—however naïvely—this embarrassment leading to feints, and even small steps, in the direction of change. Jokes and Shame, from Chris Rock to Donald Trump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z At worst, it’s the biggest work of well-meaning celebrity cringe since Gal Gadot’s “Imagine” video. ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Saying she was hoping for plenty of laughs during the evening, she added; "My goal is that no one -- or at least only a very few people -- will cringe." Emmy show aims for laughs, including for the dead 2011-08-06T01:30:21Z The thought of being dragged to yet another one by my art-loving parents made me cringe. Your First Visual Arts Crush 2013-08-14T20:57:44Z But when children see their parents cringe at the use of their sweary synonyms, they quickly pick up how powerful they are. Weapons of crass construction 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z I cringe every time someone whoops about getting bigger numbers than the other guy down the street. I’m going crazy in my job 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z It’s always a bit of a cringe and a bit of a laugh, much like “The Bachelor” franchise itself. A ‘Bachelorette’ Bible 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z You write that we often chart our own growth by noting how different we are from our parents — but that parents cringe when talking about how different their kids are from them. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z Usually I rely on clues from the facial expressions of the listener — like if they lean in to hear me better or if they cringe because I’m too loud for the situation. ‘Not a Sound’: A thriller worth staying up all night to finish 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The resulting hype built the movie up in everyone’s mind as a classic of satire, standing up heroically to both the North Koreans and the cringing producers. Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z In the comedies she does, she cringes before anyone else can. In ‘Fatal Attraction,’ Lizzy Caplan Makes a Mess 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z I cringe every time her friend says the M-word, but I never correct her. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What part of ‘this isn’t working’ don’t you understand? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z This book is strewn with lines like, “I was not much of a warrior,” “the sight of guns, never mind touching them, made me cringe” and “I have always lived in my own namby-pamby land.” Books of The Times: ?Sometimes There Is a Void? ? By Zakes Mda ? Review 2012-01-05T21:44:22Z A cynical reader might read that introduction and cringe, “Oh no — tears will be jerked, our humanity laid bare.” Review | A man and his son with special needs make their final days together count 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Before Teethy went in, I bet our livers cringed every time we said that, though it was more like headed to the bar! because it was never really a question. "We young, bro": My friend lost a decade of his life, but I can't go back to our youth with him 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z I cringed through “MJ,” which felt like a very expensive, yet soulless, karaoke night at the theater. Against All Odds, Broadway Rose to the Occasion. Mostly. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z At the Traverse, Rob Drummond made audiences stare, grin and cringe during his sold-out “Bullet Catch,” an unexpectedly touching solo show about the notoriously dangerous magic stunt of the title. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z A hurried ink drawing by Guercino from around 1630 is reminiscent of Goya in its portrayal of spectators at a bullfight cringing behind, and peering in unison through, a horizontally slatted barricade. 2010-01-29T06:18:00Z People often "form morbid cringe obsessions" with targets that are "a symbol of something they hate about themselves, something they're ashamed of," Wynn theorizes. Chrissy Teigen and Alison Roman's fight reveals a deep well of women's insecurity about cooking 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z I cringe at that thoroughly cliche thought now, but looking back, it seems only marginally more absurd than any other excuse I provided myself. The victory I never thought I’d see: How the Supreme Court just saved young gay lives 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The first time I noticed Philip Seymour Hoffman in a movie I cringed. What we can learn from Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T23:58:00Z Q: One of my favorite passages was when Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, the creators of the original British version of “The Office,” got into the nitty-gritty of why they find cringe humor so funny. Why was ‘The Office’ so successful? Kevin Malone, aka Brian Baumgartner, seeks answers in a new book 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Or "Ew, this is so cringe," is because I'm jealous that they are willing to take a risk that I never would. "I'm actually not freezing my eggs": Nikki Glaser opens up about comedy, fertility and oversharing 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Several of the passing gags are more confident than the main plots, and several minor characters prove more memorable than Radcliffe’s noble mouse, who mostly quivers and cringes in elaborate spasms of worry. Starring Steve Buscemi as God, “Miracle Workers” Is Sappy, Juvenile, and Sharp All at Once 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z And the cringe moments are probably the best things in the film. Rock legend Suzi Quatro on the secret to her success: "I never, ever did gender" 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z One night, I had ordered a salad at a restaurant near the Canal House and cringed at the sorry bits of barbecued chicken and pale lettuce that arrived. Panama City Rising 2013-05-03T17:49:49Z I feel awkward that I reached out to people I barely know and cringe at the thought that I’ve asked to connect with acquaintances I don’t especially care for. Social Q?s: Honoring the Neighbors? Basset Hound ? Social Q?s 2012-05-20T03:00:24Z Perhaps my ex’s offer to carry my pain should have melted my heart, but it just made me cringe. Is romance and recovery as difficult as it seems? A rape victim reflects on the triumphs and traumas of her dating life 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Melinda, oh Melinda -- the second she threw her arms in the air with her hands stuck at right angles I cringed, and it just didn't stop. "So You Think You Can Dance": Looking for the oomph 2010-06-17T12:23:00Z But at Marlborough, me and my friends sort of reacted against it, which I suppose was equally cringe. Jack Whitehall: a class act 2012-10-05T21:59:00Z Lawther fares better if only because James’s cringing neediness is inherently funnier. Review: It’s ‘The End’ of the World, and You’ll Know It 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z And yet I cringe whenever I see an old classmate change her “employer” on Facebook to “MOMMY” or, even worse, her child’s name. Curse of my birthing hips 2012-12-20T01:00:00Z Nothing makes me cringe more than when someone says something like “Well, you really put it all out there.” Not Getting with the Program: An Interview with Meghan Daum 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It is no coincidence, says Ash Atalla – producer of The Office as well as newer cringe com hit People Just Do Nothing – that the genre’s early exponents worked in the faux-documentary format. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z His jokes are outdated and I too cringe when after every dance now he demands that the couple look at the standing ovation from the audience. Louis Smith is Strictly champion 2012-12-23T11:01:53Z They’re taking that painful experience, one that is so visceral for so many women, and allowing us to laugh, even as we cringe. ‘False Positive’ and the Horror-Filled Truth About Fertility Treatments 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z And is there any better cringe comedy than the mixed signals of two people on a first date? She Swipes Right on Tinder, and Everyone’s in on the Joke 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of awkwardness and cringing, and also a lot of astute observation about what it’s like to be in the middle of what you hope is the worst time of your life. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s also a marvel if you can watch it without cringing. Charlize Theron Is Here to Save Us From Boring Action Movies 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z It is possible to summarize the experience of watching “The Intouchables” in nine words: You will laugh; you will cry; you will cringe. Movie Review: ‘The Intouchables’ Arrives From France 2012-05-24T23:57:43Z With barely an exception, they were cringingly inept. Michael Buerk savages BBC's coverage of Queen's diamond jubilee 2012-12-30T14:23:22Z I cringe to think we got vicarious thrills. My Struggle to Write Honestly About a Test of Manhood 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z There are no gory details here, but the cringe factor is strong. You still have time to catch some daring, funny, touching solo performances 2010-03-17T18:53:00Z Purists cringe, but many philatelists say that doing so — carefully, and tinily — does not damage a stamp or detract from its value. He Owns World Famous Stamps and a Prized Coin. Now He’s Selling. 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z West might have assumed his behavior was the kind of cringe that verges on irresistible. Perspective | Lessons Kanye West and Ben Affleck taught us on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z As this 26-year-old who’d grown up a world away – and long after Ali’s triumphs – snapped photos, I cringed at the broken-down house. Muhammad Ali’s hometown heartbreak: I went looking for Ali’s Louisville, and it wasn’t there 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z That splits thing he does always makes me cringe. Jean-Claude Van Damme Plays Jean-Claude Van Damme, for Kicks 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z An outtake, tacked on after the special like a sitcom blooper reel, brought one final cringe of the heart. Perspective | President Trump and his eldest son celebrate Father’s Day with a family tradition: grasping for approval 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Why is it so prone to eliciting women’s laughs or cringes? Male strippers: Please, just leave it on 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z I'd usually cringe at the thought of using something as twee as rose petals, but they're actually lovely to eat as well as to look at. Ruby Tandoh: rising star 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z In one scene, he examines his gut in the mirror, cringes, tries another angle, and finally gives himself the finger for being so lumpy. TV's best new taboo-busting comedy 2010-06-26T23:01:00Z As a word that implicitly delineates between the clued-in and the clueless, cringe also proves handy for those looking to advertise a superior moral or aesthetic refinement. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Because the technology does evolve so fast, do you ever cringe when you watch old footage? The Carpetbagger: The Human Touch and 'Planet of the Apes' Effects 2012-02-15T16:00:15Z But the festival’s biggest and funniest standouts show its programming strengths, and reinforce the value of the theatrical experience, the opportunity to laugh, and sometimes cringe, with a large, responsive audience. The Breakout Movies at SXSW You’ll Want to Know About 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z I cringe when I hear Stiviano call him “baby” and “honey,” all those words meant to calm an angry authority figure. My racist older lover 2014-05-01T23:00:00Z Mr. Showalter continues to play with comic tone and mood — he folds in some slapstick, enables the mugging and stages several cringing fantasy sequences that encourage you to laugh at Doris. Review: ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris,’ About an Older Woman’s Love for a Much Younger Man 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In a moment that made some observers swoon and others cringe, Al Gore planted a full-mouth kiss on wife Tipper at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. The Trumps take their first official trip, and the world gets its first real look at the Trump marriage 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Tóibín would probably cringe at the idea, but there’s something implicitly didactic about this novel: Its barely undulating plot and exactingly modulated tone serve as a kind of guide to living without excess drama. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself That sounds cringingly maudlin, but Ackerman, who served as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. Perspective | What books to read this fall 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Baldwin cringes as he remembers his own first offering in 1991. The Place: dreams in a drill hall 2010-05-11T21:30:00Z But for an equal number of people it’s a time of dread, weighed down by pouffy dresses, ill-timed rain showers and cringe after cringe spawned from lame toasts. This Life: The Art of the Wedding Toast 2012-06-15T21:05:26Z Has a more significant television subgenre been born this century than cringe comedy? Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z I cringed to hear Smith attempt the same lines that Williams improvised in the original film, which fall flat when stripped of Williams' organic enthusiasm. Disney's live-action "Aladdin": Wish for it to be over 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of achievement that the theater world likes to applaud, while perhaps also cringing at the fact that it has taken this long. In ‘Thanksgiving Play,’ the Pageantry of ‘Well-Meaning’ White People 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Joel, by contrast, cringes at the sight of himself onscreen. Documentaries Have a Celebrity Moment 2010-06-23T22:07:00Z The patrons slurping tall beers at the bar cringed at the sight of us. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Silverman cringed and the crowd murmured, anticipating a sharp comeback. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z When stars talk of what they "sacrificed" to be successful, it makes Bardem cringe. Javier Bardem: Sinister? Me? 2012-10-12T22:00:17Z He saw the brash machine slurping my skin and cringed. Holy bodies, holy hungers: Pumping breast milk during the Pope’s pizza party for Mother Teresa 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z First I cringed, then I giggled, at one of the orchestra’s cellists, who has recorded the “please silence your cellphones” announcement that plays as the lights dim. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The social media mob then assumed that Salon was “cringing,” in the words of one commentator, when they published the interview. No, Daryl Hall did not “destroy” me: The right-wing social media mob’s “social justice warrior” narrative couldn’t be more ridiculous 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But that's an intentional decision because, for me, cringe is a dish best served in the company of others. How I made my peace with "I Think You Should Leave" – a cringe comedy I was one reluctant to watch 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Title aside, Orbital's first album in eight years doesn't induce the comeback cringe. Best albums of 2012: 40-21 2012-11-26T13:15:15Z “There is a pride to it — that part of it isn’t cringe. You have to kind of balance it.” These Images Tell the Stories of American Blackness 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “Though I cringe to admit it,” she wrote, “I not only own, but love, a hand-forged egg spoon.” What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z And of course we laugh and cringe along with everyone else in the movie right up until the sentimental ending, where fraternal affection is affirmed, and Jill finds romantic love as well. | 'Jack and Jill': Adam Sandler in ?Jack and Jill? - Review 2011-11-10T23:57:03Z Well, the town mayor is African-American, and he really is a weak fellow, who cringingly advocates collaborating with the enemy. Red Dawn – review 2013-03-14T21:40:01Z I caught myself in the mirror and cringed at my dyed blonde hair. During a Night of Casual Sex, Urgent Messages Go Unanswered 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z This can be its own form of cringe humor and mocking it can really bring people together. Hey, Elon Musk, Comedy Doesn’t Want to Be Legal 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z I cringed when “What Belongs to You” pivoted to the narrator’s troubled coming out as a gay youth. Review: ‘What Belongs to You,’ a Story of Desire and Outcomes 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z There are moments when viewers might not know whether to laugh or cringe. Zach Galifianakis Lives in the Cringe 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z You see something and cringe a little bit, like trainers standing on a whale’s nose. Q&A: Gabriela Cowperthwaite on killer whales and canine love stories 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s a masterwork of cringe comedy, one he consistently digresses from to anticipate the criticism that he is being bitter and petty. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z That theme “excites me as much as it makes me cringe,” Mr. Berlinger responded. ?Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,? at Toronto Film Festival 2011-09-12T23:03:03Z His songs had a rock sensibility and, he hoped, wouldn’t make parents cringe. Morgan Taylor, Inventive Children’s Performer, Dies at 52 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z And yet today, that version of Stern makes him “cringe.” Meet the new Howard Stern. He’d like to make amends for the old Howard Stern. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z But maybe the spread of “cringe” in 21st-century America is not a sign of a culture in a death spiral, but something more healing. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z When white people praised me for not “acting black,” I cringed. I fell in love with a Salon commenter 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z Keiser and some of her fellow choristers also cringed at the idea of group travel. Think the logistics of a family trip are tough? Try 2 weeks in China for 100 singers. 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z She said in an interview on Wednesday that when she first read the story, which kicked off conversations about gender relations, power and consent, “I cringed just like everyone else.” ‘Cat Person’ Author, Kristen Roupenian, Gets 7-Figure Book Deal 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. Larry David: 'I'm cranky' 2010-06-25T23:02:00Z Long gone are the days when Ms. Mock, who was among the only black students in her school, “cringed” during Black History Month because of the laserlike attention it drew. Black History Month: Pressing Forward on the Heels of Progress 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z New stories beyond "You're going down, Will Schuester!" and "Glee club is finished!" and Rachel cringing and weeping in tiny plaid jumpers. "Glee" falls apart 2010-04-14T18:30:00Z |
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