flinch

When asked how he feels to be immortalized as a sculpted sponge cake with coconut lime mousse, he doesn’t flinch.

As a younger cook, I was still learning not to flinch when food darkened in the pan — to trust that the caramelized bits clinging to the bottom weren’t mistakes, but flavor waiting to happen.

But bringing audiences together for a funny movie is just as important as getting them to collectively flinch during a jump scare, filmmakers said.

It was our first glimpse of torture after 9/11, and no one flinched.

Use a regular bullpen pitcher, and spare us, your fans, from flinching.