flinch

Example Sentences

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"I feel like some are still carrying on despite everything, like me. I was in the salon when a loud explosion went off, and no-one even flinched," she says.

From BBC

One Saturday afternoon, I told Ma that I had to go to the library to work on a school report, a lie that didn’t even make me flinch.

From Literature

The weight of expectation, a final in front of 100,000 and a billion more at home, made them flinch.

From BBC

I tried not to flinch at her using my proper name.

From Literature

Regan said, sitting up and pulling off her own probes in a way that made the technician still busy with me flinch.

From Literature