was recoiling
- past progressive of recoil.
Example Sentences
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Louie was recoiling when he saw an oar swing past, sending the animal into the ocean.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
While the world was recoiling in shock from the visible inhumanity, Western reaction was more rhetorical than real.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though he thought she was recoiling from him, he took another couple of steps in her direction.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Guilty or innocent, he loved her; and the wretchedness he had inflicted, was recoiling swiftly upon himself.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
She knew me now, and she was recoiling from me, out through the hut door, into the blinding snow.
From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
