had recoiled
- past perfect of recoil.
Example Sentences
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For years, BND officials had recoiled at their American counterpart’s refusal to distinguish adversaries from allies.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2020
Some New York business leaders, who had recoiled at Mr. Trump’s candidacy, say privately that they are hoping Mr. Kushner will be a moderating influence on the new president.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2016
Just as it had recoiled from Nationalist China, crying "Corruption," so in 1951 the U.S. recoiled from the corruption, hatred, fanaticism and disorganization of the Middle East.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or that she had recoiled from the bad reviews for her last New York show, in 1971, when she showed vacuum-formed plastic fish and flowers that were completely unlike her earlier work.
From Time Magazine Archive
The moment I had learned that I was to leave, my feelings had recoiled so sharply and quickly from the home that the children simply did not exist for me any more.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
