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'pinch' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'pinch' with 13 example sentences.


pinch noun

: a painful or straitened circumstance

: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

: a slight but appreciable amount

: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

: a small sharp bite or snip

: a squeeze with the fingers

: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

pinch verb

: squeeze tightly between the fingers

: make ridges into by pinching together

: make off with belongings of others

: cut the top off

: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear


  • Add a pinch of salt.
  • I pinched myself to make sure that I wasn't dreaming.
  • He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
  • Someone's pinched the milk again.
  • A pickpocket pinched Mark's passport.
  • Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
  • The young woman slapped the man who pinched her buttocks.
  • Hold your breath and pinch your nostrils.
  • You'll get used to living alone in a pinch.
  • That'll do in a pinch.
  • A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.
  • The new shoes pinch my feet.
  • How careless he was to pinch his fingers in the door!
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