flinch
Example Sentences
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"I'll flinch, I'll go to run. In my job when that alarm is hit. I'm not running away from the danger, I'm running to the danger. It's completely exhausting."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
"And it is one that we don't flinch from telling."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Children who flinch at the slam of a door.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
So the next time you reach past the clinking crowd of condiments for the same familiar jar, you might try not to flinch.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
Kin didn’t flinch, at least as far as Anya could tell, and when he spoke, it was measured and calm.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing flinch
A Long Walk to Water
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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