"Ruth!" cried Drake, and at the pain in his cry she winced.
She winced at the hit; then said curiously, "When did you see her?"
Mr. Balderby winced as if some one had trodden upon one of his corns.
At the word "starved," Polly winced as though a pin had been pointed at her.
The stranger's fingers touched the top of Don Diego's head, whereupon Don Diego winced and cried out in pain.
She winced as if the hurt had been her own when Saint Hubert's gentle, dexterous fingers touched the Sheik's bruised head.
It was dreadfully swollen, and every touch was painful; but Cap knew well enough that the hands that hurt were trying to help him, and though he moaned and winced, he licked the hands and made no effort to draw the leg away.
An inconsistent jealousy that had been unprovoked and unjustified, but for which she had suffered. She had known last night, when she winced under his sarcastic tongue, and later, when Saint Hubert had left them and his temper had suddenly boiled over, that she was paying for the unaccustomed strain that he was putting on his own feelings.