recoil
verb (used without object)
to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
has recoiled
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present perfectof recoil (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Markets pricing for the ECB and Bank of England policy rates, meantime, has recoiled sharply in recent weeks.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2023
Unsurprisingly, the stock market has recoiled at the prospect.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
But his other firms specializing in private spaceflight and underground supertrains — SpaceX and The Boring Company — remain private, and Musk has recoiled at the idea of exposing them to shareholder control.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2018
But Sarkozy has also tapped into a craving for law and order within the French mainstream, which has recoiled at the rioters' defiance of the authorities.
From Time Magazine Archive
This effort of my opponents has recoiled very much to my advantage, in weakening their popularity, and adding to the strength of mine.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
