flinch
Example Sentences
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Overdeck didn’t flinch when he mentioned the figure, just one of the many staggering sums being bandied about in a blockbuster divorce trial under way in a New Jersey courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Burke, who attended the court hearing wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, did not flinch when the pictures were shown.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Araki’s sensibility is, if anything, wiser now, though he’d probably flinch at the word.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
"I'll flinch, I'll go to run. In my job when that alarm is hit. I'm not running away from the danger, I'm running to the danger. It's completely exhausting."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“Hey,” he said, so loudly it made me flinch.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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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