- present tense form of recoil (3rd person singular).
recoils
Example Sentences
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Half a century later, Jiang is still the reason the Communist Party recoils at any hint of a leader’s spouse wielding power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
At the end of “The Return,” when Fiennes stands entrail-smeared before his beloved Penelope, she recoils from the horror of the battlefield brought right into their home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Maekar recoils at the thought of a child of royal birth subsisting on salted beef.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
He practices a politics of inspiration, and the Surge recoils at politicians who try to inspire us.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2025
In the newsreel the destroyer’s guns fire without sound and, half a world away, amid the elegance of an old- fashioned cinema, Tessie Zizmo feels the recoils.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
