Recoiled

Examples

• But this base attempt to injure Mr. Pickwick recoiled upon the head of its calumnious author. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I looked at him attentively then, and recoiled a little from him; but I did not know him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In general she recoiled from touch or close approach with a mixture of embarrassment and coldness far from flattering to those who offered her aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In one of those pauses she recoiled and cried out, for she saw a figure standing in the room. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As he recoiled, looking down at it, it raised itself up into the form of a woman in a sitting attitude. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• That my soul recoiled from punch particularly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Gerald was instinctively aware of this, and he recoiled, to avoid any such thing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mrs Crich recoiled back upon herself, she recoiled away from this world of creeping democracy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mrs. Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She recoiled from this figure, as it smiled at her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The banker recoiled in horror. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He recoiled, but she laid her hand upon his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He recoiled from the slight blow on his face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She recoiled like a spring let go. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The Count's glib cynicism had revealed a new aspect of his nature from which we both recoiled. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Inclination recoiled, Ability faltered, Self-respect (that vile quality) trembled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her soft nature recoiled from this ordeal, which had none of the stimulus of conflict to goad her through it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was as if he himself were dealing the death, even when he most recoiled in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She tried not to show it, but she recoiled with dread from the state of mind that had burnt so fiercely and lasted so long. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I still recoiled at the dread of seeing a corpse. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At a given signal, they rushed wildly up the hill, shrieking like fiends, but recoiled in dismay as they saw the ruins of the palisade. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Before the frightful results of this desperate action, Mr Pancks himself recoiled in consternation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But my vengeance has recoiled on myself. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He recoiled, went pale, and said, in a high squealing voice: 'Pussum, what are YOU doing here? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mr. Gradgrind and Sissy, who were both before him while his sister yet clung to his shoulder, stopped and recoiled. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• In the instinctive association of prisoners with shameful crime and disgrace, the new-comer recoiled from this company. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Edited by Jacqueline