FLINCH in a Sentence
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26 example sentences for FLINCH, such as:
1. She flinched before their dislike.
2. He hardly flinched when he was hit.
3. There was no flinching about the girl.
4. She flinched at the touch of his hand.
5. She flinched, looked at Guy beseechingly.
2. He hardly flinched when he was hit.
3. There was no flinching about the girl.
4. She flinched at the touch of his hand.
5. She flinched, looked at Guy beseechingly.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of FLINCH
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flinch
v. draw back, as with fear or pain
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 She did not flinch from the pain which I knew she must have suffered, but looked at him with eyes that were more appealing than ever.
2 We shall fellow him; and we shall not flinch; even if we peril ourselves that we become like him.
3 The stake we play for is life and death, or more than these, and we must not flinch.
4 He had slightly emphasised his tone and he was aware that he had betrayed himself; but, though the colour had heightened in his cheek, he did not flinch from his friend's gaze.
5 Only the barbarous and superb woman did not so much as flinch, and stretched tragically her bare arms after us over the somber and glittering river.
6 Rhett, watching Wade's face with meditative eyes, saw the boy flinch.
7 I wa'n't going to flinch from my bounden duty and let her think that decent folks had to stand for her vile talk.
8 He did not therefore allow her any hope that he would flinch; only he represented his action as one of simple vengeance.
9 'Not yet, sir,' I said, flinching with the pain.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
10 There was no flinching about the girl.
11 That's quite enough fuss about nothing: a soldier's daughter should be able to stand up without flinching to a little strong conversation.
12 The squares, wasted by this mad cavalry, closed up their ranks without flinching.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
13 She flinched before their dislike.
14 She alternately raged and flinched at the superiority of the merchants.
15 She flinched, looked at Guy beseechingly.
Example Sentence:
1 The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge.
2 Jones didn't flinch once when the nurse cleaned the cut in his leg.
3 The sharp surface of the rock caught at her skin, making her flinch.
4 After pausing to fearfully flinch from a quick movement her husband made, she continued.
5 In middle age he could not turn away from Goya's depictions of bayonetings; in old age he watched without flinching as Islamist terrorists crudely sawed off the heads of victims.
6 She flinched at the touch of his hand.
7 He hardly flinched when he was hit.