Example Sentences
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With high inflation ravaging the economy, Greenspan recoiled when he learned Ford’s advisers planned a grassroots movement to encourage personal savings by passing out buttons that proclaimed, “Whip Inflation Now.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Hungarian photographer recoiled at the work of American photographers such as Ansel Adams, whose “cult of technical perfection,” according to Patricia Albers, risked “killing their subjects with irrelevant detail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The manager turned off the vacuum, recoiled hoses and exhaled with relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025
By that point, Layan had forgotten her completely, Omama says, and recoiled when they met.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
He delicately touched my forehead and recoiled, as if my skin might burn him.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
