| Upon seeing such, I recoiled, remembering her delicate state of mind when it came to men. |
| It recoiled, struggling to crawl away, and its features twisted into a brief expression of pain or rage. |
| No more though, they began to cry for mercy as the school collectively recoiled from the piercing sound that had broken the silence. |
| The fierce rollers of the spumous sea broke and recoiled, foaming upon the sandy beach. |
| Michael recoiled as if the laughter was directed at him and shot a disturbed look at the man behind him. |
| Some reviewers have recoiled in horror from the film, denouncing him as a misogynist, a fake, a show-off, an incompetent director, and worse. |
