All 6 Uses of
recoil
in
Angels & Demons
- His instinct was to recoil.†
Chpt 65-66
- Langdon leaned down to listen for breath but immediately recoiled.†
Chpt 67-68 *
- Macri recoiled, wrapping her arms protectively around her camera.†
Chpt 75-76
- Even in the darkness Vittoria sensed them recoil.†
Chpt 85-86
- The guards recoiled, looking suspicious.†
Chpt 111-112
- The entire assembly seemed to recoil in unison.†
Chpt 133-134
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