All 5 Uses
recoil
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- His tail whipped back and forth as he recoiled from the judgment in my words.†
Book 2 *recoiled = moved back suddenly
- "Now—" But she'd spoken too soon; with a sharp gasp, I felt my shield recoil like a rubber band stretched too far, snapping back into its original shape.†
Book 3recoil = to move backward suddenly
- My instincts recoiled against seeing an immortal incapacitated that way; it was profoundly wrong.†
Book 3recoiled = moved back suddenly
- There was no recoil to the elastic fabric now; in that instant of raw force, I saw that the backlash I'd felt before was of my own making—I had been clinging to that invisible part of me in self-defense, subconsciously unwilling to let it go.†
Book 3recoil = to move backward suddenly
- I felt the elastic recoil again as my shield fought to protect me.†
Book 3
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)