Sample sentences for the GRE study word pinch

1. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch -- (squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle")
2. crimp, pinch -- (make ridges into by pinching together)
3. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
4. top, pinch -- (cut the top off; "top trees and bushes")
5. pinch, vellicate -- (irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back")

1. pinch -- (a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession")
2. pinch -- (an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed)
3. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon -- (a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic")
4. emergency, exigency, pinch -- (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency")
5. nip, pinch -- (a small sharp bite or snip)
6. pinch, tweak -- (a squeeze with the fingers)
7. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody -- (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar")