flinched

Mr Khalife "flinched" when he saw the taser, but did not "have a chance to stop" because of the speed he was moving, the court heard.

When Lee’s score flashed across the screen, she flinched in surprised and covered her mouth with both of her chalk-covered hands.

He added, “I saw his reaction as he flinched.”

You may have flinched if you made that association, but whatever qualms you had were soon swept away by the ensuing chases and crashes, the gunning engines and mad laughter.

The wolf’s whole body flinched at Phillip’s touch, despite the fact that the animal was unconscious.