How to use "recoil" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "recoil" in popular movie and book plots

  • The Governor spares only Martinez (Jose Pablo Cantillo) and Shumpert (Travis Love), who witness the massacre and recoil in horror.  - Welcome to the Tombs
  • The recoil knocks her into a deep pit.  - True Grit (2010 film)
  • The women who care for them recoil at Acquilara’s name, declaring her evil.  - City of Sorcery
  • Pantsalot responds by attempting to swing a cast-iron ball at Bugs, who uses a spring to cause the ball recoil and slam Pantsalot in the head.  - Knights Must Fall
  • When they ask for directions, the townsfolk simply recoil and look away: nobody wants to talk about it.  - Dak Bangla
  • At each turn, Fane is an unprincipled heel, using and hurting others and causing them to recoil from him.  - The Oscar (film)
  • Nate sets out to find a boyfriend for June, but men recoil at the sight of her.  - The Hottie and the Nottie
  • Nicholas opens his eyes and begins laughing hysterically while his wife and the doctor recoil in horror.  - The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
  • The survivors soon confront the bacteria, which results in Berry getting injured from the recoil of his shotgun.  - Lily C.A.T.
  • This causes Sonia to recoil in horror in what she has done, and she flees amidst nervous breakdown in the knowledge she has harmed an animal.  - Free Jimmy
  • Angelus, Drusilla, and Spike recoil and move to escape.  - Passion (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • He tries to kill Quatermass with a gun, but the recoil sends him floating helplessly off into space.  - Quatermass II
  • He attempts to test whether she is a vampire by exposing her to garlic, which causes her to recoil violently.  - I Am Legend (novel)

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