All 5 Uses of
recoil
in
Dune
- She recoiled from his bitterness.†
Book 1 *
- She recoiled at the harsh edge in his voice.†
Book 2
- She focused on the psychokinesthetic extension of herself, looking within, and was confronted immediately with a cellular core, a pit of blackness from which she recoiled.†
Book 2
- Jessica recoiled, fearing she would become lost in an ocean of oneness.†
Book 2
- Nefud recoiled.†
Book 3
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