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Meanings of pinched in anglès
Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
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Examples for "nasal"
Examples for "nasal"
1
The germ is found in the sputum and in the nasal secretions.
2
All biopsies were taken using large nasal biopsy forceps under direct vision.
3
Some of the children were given standard treatments such as nasal decongestants.
4
Snatches of nasal sentences floated in the stillness around the still craft.
5
Background: Angioleiomyoma of the nasal cavity is an extremely rare benign neoplasm.
1
Our study group was represented by 58 children undergoing adenoidectomy for adenoidal hypertrophy.
2
The door opened, and the adenoidal sergeant thrust in his head.
3
But he was underweight and still in a weakened condition from an operation for an adenoidal complaint.
4
Superb, faintly adenoidal drawl.
5
He suffered from an adenoidal problem that made his words bleed into each other through a humming sound in his nostrils.
Usage of pinched in anglès
1
Rebecca pinched his knee, hard: he had gone too far, too fast.
2
Vera pinched a lemon free and held it under a neon light.
3
I pinched him first in my anxiety and then in my joy.
4
But the solar market has also been pinched by the economic downturn.
5
I was a dog to have pinched it in the first place.
6
In the Presidential debate Carter came across as carping, pinched and humorless.
7
And then she pinched it in the neck, and smoothed its feathers.
8
Thus the pinched circumstances of the family passed unnoticed by the community.
9
We pinched the Assistant Minister of Justice and the Minister of Religions.
10
It grew suddenly pinched; instinctively she put her hand over her heart.
11
I expect I pinched him some; that was for poor old Cy.
12
Until they hear you were pinched for breaking into your ex-wife's place.
13
And yet I am sure they must be pinched in some way.
14
Ahead they could see a few pinched lights where the village was.
15
The result was that Simon fell into the trap and was pinched.
16
She took Fou-Chow from Stépan and pinched him cruelly in her exasperation.
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Pinched through the time
Pinched across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common