recoil

Although the resulting recoil force is extremely small, it acts continuously over millions of years.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

“You would think that a human being with a shred of dignity would recoil from this thing,” Oswalt said.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

Rob Jonas, Luminate’s CEO, suggested that this uptick might be part of a larger societal recoil against AI’s creep into every aspect of society, including the arrival of AI music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

People do often recoil when they discover a person is wearing smart glasses.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

I recoil and drop the crust, but Woo snags it out of the air before it can hit the ground.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Having fashioned a creature from dead body parts, the scientist recoils from the result, which appears to him to be a monster of “unparalleled barbarity,” and abandons his construction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

He practices a politics of inspiration, and the Surge recoils at politicians who try to inspire us.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2025

Then, he recoils in disgust, a flyout that could have helped the Cubs reach the World Series infamously bouncing off the arms of Steve Bartman instead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

"No. I can't believe this. No," Davis says, laughing with dumbfounded disbelief as she recoils.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023

In the newsreel the destroyer’s guns fire without sound and, half a world away, amid the elegance of an old- fashioned cinema, Tessie Zizmo feels the recoils.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

With high inflation ravaging the economy, Greenspan recoiled when he learned Ford’s advisers planned a grassroots movement to encourage personal savings by passing out buttons that proclaimed, “Whip Inflation Now.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Walking into his kitchen, Tim Yoder recoiled at a message on his refrigerator door: “Shop Samsung water filters.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Amid the rebuke, brands have recoiled back within the antiseptic neutrality where they’re most comfortable: irrelevant celebrity cameos, cheap millennial nostalgia, unmoored wistfulness for simpler days.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

And when I called a mobile vet, just randomly chosen from online, I recoiled when they quoted a fee of $750.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

But he recoiled, his face twisting at the sight of the flames, and he glared at the riders who stood between him and Anya.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Americans are recoiling at rising restaurant and coffee prices and eating out less, making Starbucks’s turnaround more challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025

We’ll see if voters can reward this one while recoiling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

De Guzman, who also curated an art show called “Roots of Cool” about trees, noted that Los Angeles seems to actually shrink during the hotter months, as if recoiling from the sun.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025

What I'm suggesting is that our mass recoiling at Sara Ramirez's Che Diaz on "And Just Like That…" may be misdirected.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023

Her shoulders sagged, and she turned her head back, as though recoiling from an insult.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan