recoilin a sentence
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She recoiled in horror.recoiled = suddenly moved back (away from)
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Most Americans recoil at the thought of government using torture.recoil = feel disgust
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She used a low-recoil rifle.recoil = backward jerk
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She reached out to take his hand. He recoiled from her touch.recoiled = suddenly pulled back
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I squeeze the trigger, hard, and this time I'm ready for the recoil. (source)recoil = to move backward suddenly
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...stirring up the scent of pine, and even then I knew I would recoil all my life from the smell of it. (source)recoil = pull back suddenly
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"You wash me," she said. She stepped into the water and turned her back to Eddie. Then she pulled the embroidered baro over her head. He recoiled. Her skin was horribly burned. (source)recoiled = suddenly pulled back
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"A little revolver like this doesn't have much recoil," he said, "but it takes some getting used to." (source)recoil = backward jerk (when fired)
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'Your skin's icy,' she said, recoiling slightly. (source)recoiling = drawing back (moving away)
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She doubles over, coughing, and Sammy instinctively recoils. (source)recoils = moves backward suddenly
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As when the ray, Striking On water or the surface clear Of mirror, leaps unto the opposite part, Ascending at a glance, e'en as it fell, (And so much differs from the stone, that falls Through equal space, as practice skill hath shown; Thus with refracted light before me seemed The ground there smitten; whence in sudden haste My sight recoil'd.† (source)
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Remember, it's actually considered a recoilless rifle rather than a rocket launcher.† (source)recoilless = without sudden backward movementstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in recoilless means without and reverses the meaning of recoil. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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...the lion turned toward him, but Thalia stepped into its path, holding up Aegis, and the lion recoiled. (source)recoiled = moved back suddenly
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The knife, driven by the recoil of the spring tree, had not wholly failed. (source)recoil = backward jerk
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"You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. (source)recoiling = moving backward suddenly
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ROS recoils, breaks for the opposite wing. (source)recoils = suddenly draws back
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