And, above all, they cringed because they knew what was coming down the pike.
So, for decades I have cringed every time I heard people point to Queen Bees who held women back.
When Greg Oden sprained his right foot in the Portland Trail Blazers' Oct. 27 season opener, fans and management surely cringed.
She "cringed, " she said, as she visited a Wal-Mart store around July 4th this year and saw school supplies on display.
Every time I saw Tony Hayward try to explain his way out of BP's befouling of the Gulf of Mexico I cringed.
When the franchise was renewed in 2008, more than a few observers cringed at the short-sighted decision to deed the land to the state.
In Guatemala, she cringed when one caregiver told of how a girl had been molested by her father, while the girl stood before her.
Veronika Libfeld cringed a little when she first saw the ad.
We also noted the predictable opposition of nanny-state activists and academics who cringed at the non-governmental standard setting and assertion of commercial free speech rights.
When tampons were first introduced, people cringed at the thought of insertion, but women eventually caught on, said Zoe Lehman, a support services coordinator at the Chicago Women's AIDS project.
They said many Lib Dems would have "cringed when witnessing the love-in between David Cameron and Nick Clegg" and claimed that the Welsh party's leader was "cosying up" to Mrs Gillan.
Execs at other HMOs cringed at the bad PR.
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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.
Way back in the day (the 90s) we producers and editors in the NYTimes.com newsroom cringed at some of the insane waste involved in putting out The Times each day (at least in our eyes).
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He did double duty around the house when I went back to school to get my master's degree, watched nervously as I took a ride on a Harley and silently cringed when I insisted on going parasailing.
Left-environmentalists cringed, and free-market side cried foul.
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