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flinch

verb as in shy away, wince

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In the video, Solange smacks and kicks her brother-in-law while Beyonce DOESN'T EVEN FLINCH.

Kenyatta made a Bush-like vow to continue the war on Al-Shabab, saying, “We will not flinch.”

When I reminded him that that could mean hundreds of offspring showing up on his doorstep, he didn't flinch.

We sat around all night in briefings discussing what each flinch and kick meant for its recovery and if we could save it in time.

We pressed here and watched it kick and then we pressed there and watched it flinch.

Her quiet eyes, held by his during the spell that had bound them speechless, did not flinch at the breaking of it.

From where he sat watching—curious to see what Cash would do—Bud saw him flinch and stiffen as a man does under pain.

He too must work; he must not trust altogether to Texas Smith; the scoundrel might flinch, or might fail.

Two bullets went through the boy's hat; then a splinter cut through his clothes; still he did not flinch.

To tell you the truth, it was something terrible, but though I didn't like it I wouldn't flinch.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flinch, such as: balk, blanch, blink, cower, cringe, and recoil.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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