All 8 Uses of
recoil
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Saunière recoiled.†
Chpt Pro.
- Fache recoiled in disbelief.†
Chpt 9
- He turned his massive body fully toward the small woman, and he could sense her recoil as she gazed up into his red eyes.†
Chpt 19-20 *
- Langdon recoiled.†
Chpt 21-22
- Sophie recoiled.†
Chpt 73-74
- The monk recoiled, struggling against his bonds.†
Chpt 83-84
- Silas recoiled, startled.†
Chpt 83-84
- The docent recoiled, a look of bewilderment in his olive-green eyes.†
Chpt 103-104
Definition:
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(recoil) to move backward suddenly (sometimes figuratively)especially:
- the backward jerk of a gun or cannon when it is fired
- when a person flinches (suddenly draws back) from someone or something, as with fear, disgust, or pain
- when a person is emotionally repulsed, as by disgust
- when something intended to go in one direction figuratively falls back in the opposite direction; for example, a story told to hurt someone that comes back to hurt the teller