Meanings of pinched hard in English

Buccari grabbed a handful of the Marine's skin and pinched hard.

He pinched hard with fingers as strong as a blacksmith's tongs, and he pulled.

They've pinched hard for the child's poor little outfit.

There is a pinched hard look about the lower part of her face which makes me fancy she is mean.

For those without the pennies to pay for the chestnuts and liquor, though, the fair was a time of being pinched hard.

Pulses were checked and faces pinched hard, just in case the tournament had slipped into an Alice in Wonderland world of contradictory happenings.

"That's crazy, that's bullshit, Vergil!" Edward clamped his hand on his knee and pinched hard.