flinch
Example Sentences
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"And it is one that we don't flinch from telling."
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
"We will follow the evidence wherever it leads. We will not flinch from uncomfortable truths."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The line between TMI and TLI—too little information—can feel like playing the board game Operation: one tiny flinch in either direction and the buzzer goes off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Children who flinch at the slam of a door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
He said she would be the only “outsider,” a term that made her father flinch.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Vocabulary lists containing flinch
A Long Walk to Water
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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