flinched

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

I was the only one who even flinched when the smoke and flames came our way.

While the growing crowd flinched, they didn't back down either.

Videos showed the distribution centre overrun by desperate civilians trampling over toppled barriers; people flinched as sounds of gunshots rang out.

He flinched when excerpts of his diary were read out, and averted his eyes as indecent photographs he took of his nieces were shown.