Recoils

"Recoils" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Then straight, for doubtful was our answer there, / he knew him taken in the foemen's toils. / Shuddering, he checks his voice, and back his foot recoils.

The sensitive mind recoils with indignation, disgust, and horror from the picture presented.

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