Sentence:  "Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” &para; She <WSD>winced</WSD> and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To flinch as if in pain or distress.