Squinch in a sentence as a noun

The realistic take on Brexit always was that there was a lot to loose in practical terms, while the freedoms won are of symbolic nature and can only be seen if you squinch your eyes in just the right way. And this is not what was promised.

Squinch definitions

noun

a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

verb

crouch down

verb

draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

See also: flinch funk cringe shrink wince recoil quail

verb

cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

See also: squint