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How to use pinch in a sentence

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If there was a unique and complex weapon that became necessary to be wield in a pinch, she was required be more skilled in it than anyone before.
A touch of mascara, a pinch of blush, a dab of lip gloss, and I was set to go.
If you were in a pinch, you might sell your socket wrenches, Tupperware, and Englebert Humperdink record collection.
Vermouth and Lemon meet these requirements nicely, although oranges, capers, Marsala also would have done in a pinch.
But the data basically show that most people are willing, in a pinch, to impose higher taxes on someone else.
But in a pinch, when the chips were really down, both have been willing to do so.
I mixed all these together with the conch, a tablespoon of fresh lime juice, a pinch of salt, and a few shakes of Tabasco.
Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust.
As you row, pinch your shoulder blade toward the midline of your body and slightly rotate your torso.
Sing-alongs, puppets and a pinch of magic all make for a jolly time at the theatre and a happy ending of course.
A larger clam or cowry shell and an auger shell can stand in for Goddess and God images in a pinch, particularly on a small altar.
Add the white beans, tahini, lemon juice, salt, and a pinch or two of cumin.
To one tablespoon of lemon juice, add a pinch of black pepper and massage this on your scalp before a shampoo.
I'd advice you take everything I write with a pinch of salt anyway, so to speak.
In another bowls combine 1 cup sour buttermilk, 1 teaspoon bicarb soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Place the flour, oatmeal and a pinch of salt in a food processor with the butter.
Place the flour, Parmesan, butter and a pinch of salt in a food processor and blend briefly.
I took the knocking with a pinch of salt even though in many cases the awful truth, which can hurt, is revealed for all the world to see.
Since I had no recourse to take this route, I took the stories with a pinch of salt and never checked them out.
Labour could have done this when they were office. We should take their comments with a pinch of salt.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The two baffed under Mowgli's nose so close that a pinch of downy white feathers brushed away.
Gray Peter's heart was never in doubt, but what would Sally's courage be in a pinch?
He picked up a pinch bar from a nearby tool rack and drove its end through the glass as he spoke the words.
When the hair is very oily a dessertspoonful of ammonia and a pinch of borax should be added to two quarts of warm water.
Mix one pound of self-raising flour with four ounces of chopped suet, preferably vegetable, and a pinch of salt.
He looks as if he'd like to pinch everybody around, and slap 'em into the cooler, just to beep his hand in.
He held his breath and closed his eyes as he slammed the gate and wedged it with the pinch bar he still carried.
I say leach, perhaps he might lend us a hand when it comes to the pinch with poor Monday.
To-morrow night you may hear about Lulu and the gold fish, that is if the lemon squeezer doesn't pinch me.
He was a mohel, and had one pointed, uncut finger nail, and every pinch went to the heart.
He takes a gentle pinch of her cheek as if she were maccaboy, when she is only a very verdant girl.
And Mrs. Perkins finished her speech with the largest pinch of maccaboy she could possibly hold between her thumb and forefinger.
A hearty pinch, and the magic word of the Caliph converted him into a stork.
We shall feel in many ways in our daily lives the sharp pinch of total war.
And all the while I was tugging at my box of attic salt, to get it open, to get a pinch.
All his life hes had to pinch, and now he hangs on to the mazuma with a deathlike grip.
They knew that book-learning often came in useful at a pinch, in spite of what their neighbours said.
A pinch or two of any of these Snuffs may be taken night and morning medicinally, or at any time for pleasure.
Then, pointing the nose of the animal toward the trail, he gave his haunch a pinch like the nipping of a fire ant.
The making of rough saggars is not difficult if a supply of fire clay is to hand, or clay and grog will serve at a pinch.
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