All 12 Uses
recoil
in
The Host
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- My body recoiled from the thought.†
Chpt 6 *recoiled = moved back suddenly
- I recoiled from the thought as if I would be the one to house her.†
Chpt 9
- The very wordSeeker made her recoil with hatred, and she knew these strangers would have the same reaction.†
Chpt 13recoil = to move backward suddenly
- He reached one hand out to my face and seemed surprised when I recoiled from it, flinching into Jeb's side.†
Chpt 14recoiled = moved back suddenly
- I recoiled from the memory of pain, and Jamie's face went white under his tan.†
Chpt 17
- I met his gaze and then shied away—recoiling both from his hard eyes and from Melanie's resentment.†
Chpt 29
- He squinted away from the light, recoiling a few inches.†
Chpt 34
- I recoiled, and caught my breath when my ribs protested.†
Chpt 36recoiled = moved back suddenly
- I recoiled from him, shuddering so violently that he did not repeat the gesture.†
Chpt 41
- I recoiled.†
Chpt 49
- Then she recoiled from me, cringing into the wall.†
Chpt 50
- The woman had her eyes squeezed shut, and she recoiled into the thin mattress.†
Chpt 54
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)