flinch
Example Sentences
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Araki’s sensibility is, if anything, wiser now, though he’d probably flinch at the word.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
"And it is one that we don't flinch from telling."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
"We will follow the evidence wherever it leads. We will not flinch from uncomfortable truths."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Did they flinch from their earlier arguments and beliefs?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“But not to the physical stimulus; you’re not measuring dilation, for instance. It’ll be to the verbal questions; what we call a flinch reaction.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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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