recoils
Example Sentences
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The lone dissenter in the blast Recoils before the sight aghast.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope, Means recognizing fear; the keener sense Of all comprised within our actual scope Recoils from aught beyond earth's dim and dense.
From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur
The rended forests, rolling wheels, As if some half-checked army reels, Recoils, redoubles, comes again, Loud-sounding like a hurricane.”
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
