recoil
Example Sentences
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They also boost earnings per share and help propel stock prices, which is why many investors prize them and would recoil at the notion of government interference.
Having fashioned a creature from dead body parts, the scientist recoils from the result, which appears to him to be a monster of “unparalleled barbarity,” and abandons his construction.
I expected Mr. Drysdale to recoil backward, perhaps even turn and run for the door.
From Literature
I feel wind and droplets, and—as a kid who lived through a pandemic—I recoil in horror, jumping backward into Jonesy.
From Literature
The manager turned off the vacuum, recoiled hoses and exhaled with relief.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
