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'recoil' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'recoil' with 3 example sentences.


recoil verb

: 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

: 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.
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