flinch

Example Sentences

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"We will follow the evidence wherever it leads. We will not flinch from uncomfortable truths."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

“When the lights come on, he just knows what to do, how to do it, and there’s no flinch in that guy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Through it all, one oil company didn’t flinch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

It was a quick-enough flinch that maybe I was the only one who noticed.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee