'recoil' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'recoil' with 3 example sentences.
- recoil verb
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: draw back, as with fear or pain
: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
: spring back; spring away from an impact
: spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- recoil noun
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: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
: a movement back from an impact
I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.
The recoil reduces the weapon's accuracy.
We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.