What is "cringes"

Usage examples of "cringes".

Tansy screams and cringes, instinctively shielding her face, but Gorg doesn't come near her.

Although both heads speak equably - even in tones of reasonable discourse - Wendell cringes backward even farther, then looks down and furiously resumes his futile work with the batteries and the handful of paper, which is now disappearing into the sweat-grimy tube of his fist.

To George his own words sound clumsy and awkward, and he inwardly cringes, sure he's made a stupid remark.

Shaftoe cringes against the truck’s door and lowers his head, hoping that his campy Great War doughboy helmet will be good for something.