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recoils
verb as in shrink away
Example Sentences
Her grown son recoils from some of her antics but reminds himself, “We don’t say ‘crazy’ anymore.”
As someone who recoils at the mere thought of candied peel or maraschino cherries, I too have reflexively avoided fruitcake for most of my life.
Viewers raved over Beharie's work in "White Noise," which is certainly excellent, especially in the scene where she simply recoils, wordless, as she takes in the vile digs anonymous commenters get in at her expense.
Historically, when the connection between power and principles is stretched so thin as to be no longer plausible, the public recoils.
You see Oppenheimer recoil, even if what he recoils from is left pointedly out of frame.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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