How to Use flinch in a Sentence
flinch
verb
- He flinched when I tapped him on the shoulder.
- The bill was much higher than expected, but he paid it without flinching.
- She met danger without flinching.
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Rosen stared the top of the draft order in the eye and didn't flinch.
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Mary Kay Cabot,
cleveland.com,
3 Jan. 2018
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The man hits the child with the belt hard, more than 50 times, as the girl screams and flinches.
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Breanna Edwards,
The Root,
8 Dec. 2017
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The singer held the camera during the process and didn't even flinch.
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Angela Trakoshis,
Allure,
21 Sep. 2020
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My kid takes pots and pans and just slams them and doesn't flinch.
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Emily Krauser,
Peoplemag,
6 July 2023
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And yet, the Big Ten keeps waiting for Fields to flinch.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
8 Nov. 2020
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But the righthander did not flinch when Kapler handed him the ball.
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Matt Breen,
Philly.com,
17 May 2018
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Jankowski turned away at the last minute and Taveras flinched.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
29 July 2023
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The boy doesn't flinch and is shown smiling at the lion.
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Janelle Griffith,
NBC News,
31 July 2019
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Alvin doesn't flinch, doesn't even cast a glance back at his son.
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Dan Egan,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2011
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One of the Lord God, might flinch at staring the manner of his death full in the face.
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Tom Holland,
Time,
29 Oct. 2019
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One man seems to flinch as the yellow hues of dawn break in the background.
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Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
31 May 2018
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Hinch did not flinch, though his voice was thick enough to hint at pain.
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Michael Powell,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2019
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Who will stand down, who will flinch, who will cross the line, who will get hit?
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Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 June 2020
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Still a boy, alert to any alteration in the mood, ready to flinch at the first sign of anger.
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Hugo Hamilton,
The New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2024
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The question is whether China will flinch as the pain mounts.
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The Economist,
14 June 2018
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Wacha, who played for the Padres last season, didn’t flinch in the moment.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2024
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Last week, one of them took a field goal to the gonads and barely flinched.
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Chris Chavez,
SI.com,
17 Sep. 2017
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The buck didn’t even flinch after being shot through the heart.
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Pj Delhomme,
Outdoor Life,
1 Jan. 2020
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But Ahmed didn’t flinch, the stoic survivor of a war and no longer a child.
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Kareem Fahim,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2020
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The sounds of two loud explosions ring out, but the 3-year-old doesn’t flinch.
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Loveday Morris and Anastacia Galouchka,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Mar. 2022
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And when the Eagles needed to make big plays, Hurts didn't flinch.
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Arkansas Online,
21 Nov. 2022
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Kaiser then appears to flinch and fires about nine shots into the home.
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Darcy Costello,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Apr. 2018
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Its beak rapped against the pane and made both sisters flinch and chuckle.
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Elisabeth Egan,
chicagotribune.com,
10 June 2017
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Still, that evening in Paris, Butler did not flinch or pull away.
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Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2024
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As the fourth quarter dawned in Phoenix with Primo still on the floor, the rookie did not flinch.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
7 Dec. 2021
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At this, Leslie flinched, saying, Jesus, have some respect.
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Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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But Gartland still flinches at the idea of the immediate, viral fame that apps like TikTok can occasionally provide to artists.
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Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2024
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