verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
horror
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Mobuto recoiled in horror , stumbling back painfully into the Studebaker's wing mirror.
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I should have gasped and recoiled in horror .
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He read about Jacques Delors's federalist vision from which he recoiled in horror .
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The idea of their having a say in the running of a club appears to make officials recoil with horror .
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Rebus's face changed; he recoiled in horror , but Osvaldo had his thumbs hooked in the malai's belt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She recoiled from his touch.
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She looked at the dead body and recoiled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And for the rest of his life he recoiled from the popular mission and missioner.
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But the Republican governors recoiled from the prospect of reopening the welfare bill for anything.
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It stung her deeply and she recoiled at once.
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She saw the names of prominent corporate donors mentioned liberally throughout the library and recoiled.
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The divorce was acrimonious; she still recoils at the name Andy.
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They recoil away as if the intruder were unpleasant to them - something more than simply shading them from sunlight.
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They met the same tempest of shell, grape, canister, and musketry, and recoiled.
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They they do not recoil from each other, but blend together in one mass.