flinched in English

verb
1
make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to surprise, fear or pain.
she flinched at the acidity in his voice

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "flinched" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "flinched", or refer to the context using the word "flinched" in the English Dictionary.

1. He hardly flinched when he was hit.

2. She flinched inwardly as he took her hand.

3. Jo flinched at her sister's insensitivity.

4. 8 I flinched at the nastiness of his wound.

5. He flinched when something moved, scraping, behind him.

6. She flinched at the touch of his hand.

7. The baby flinched when he touched the hot radiator.

8. Jo flinched at the insensitivity of her sister's request.

9. She flinched visibly at the sight of the body.

10. Polly flinched at the thrill that rippled through her.

11. She flinched as she was carried through angry, jeering crowd.

12. But if I flinched or shed a tear, another smack.

13. Everybody flinched at his tactlessness, but he went on regardless.

14. 16 Lances of remembrance pierced her heart,(www.Sentencedict.com) and she flinched.

15. Ruth flinched as droplets of water landed on her bare midriff.

16. He flinched but withstood the glare and held Lee's steady gaze.

17. Synonyms for Blenched include recoiled, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, flinched, winced, cringed, quailed, shied and started

18. I just Chipped my 7 week old Lab puppy and she barely even flinched

19. Synonyms for Cowered include retreated, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, blenched, flinched, recoiled, blanched, hid and hidden

20. Synonyms for Cringed include shrank, shrunk, shrunken, recoiled, flinched, blenched, quailed, shied, cowered and winced

21. One of those cowardly specimens who observably flinched in the football tackle or too noticeably avoided the sporadic playground rough and tumble.

22. Synonyms for Baulked at include fought shy of, demurred from, flinched from, recoiled from, scrupled about, hung back from, had misgivings about, had scruples about, had qualms about and scrupled to

23. Cringe - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" flinch , funk , quail , recoil , wince , shrink , squinch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"