I cringed.
J'ai eu un mouvement de recul.
I cringed.
Je suis rentré en moi-même.
The youth cringed, as if discovered in a crime.
Il avait envie de rentrer sous terre.
I cringed.
J'eus un mouvement de recul.
The private cringed when he heard the enemy cannons firing.
Le soldat se recroquevilla lorsqu'il entendit les canons ennemis tirer.
The jester cringed before the king hoping to receive his favor.
Le bouffon se prosternait devant le roi, espérant recevoir ses faveurs.
I laughed at his joke, then cringed from the misogynistic aftertaste.
J'ai ri à sa blague, puis j'ai été gêné par son arrière-goût misogyne.
I cringed at her lack of tact as she told him the news.
J'ai eu honte de son manque de tact en lui annonçant la nouvelle.
When the doctor lanced the boil, she cringed, so he gave her some more anesthetic.
Quand le médecin a incisé le furoncle, elle s'est crispée, alors il lui a administré plus d'anesthésiant.
The debate was brutal. I cringed as one of the candidates tried to answer a question that she wasn't prepared for.
Le débat a été brutal. J'ai eu honte pour l'une des candidates lorsqu'elle a essayé de répondre à une question pour laquelle elle n'était pas préparée.
He was now the only one between her and King Vegeta. The king cringed.
Il se tenait à présent près d'Hanasia, entre elle et le Roi Vegeta.
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