How to Use recoil in a Sentence

recoil

1 of 2 verb

• We recoiled in horror at the sight of his wounded arm.
• He recoiled from her touch.
• The rifle recoiled and bruised my shoulder.
• The news caught teachers and staff at Westover Hills off guard, and many of them recoiled from the idea.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 June 2023
• The next time the provider reached for her arm, the 15-year-old girl recoiled and pulled away, according to the lawsuit.
  — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2019
• There are plenty of New Yorkers who recoil at the name.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• Though still clearly recoiling from the shock of the news and the weight of what’s to come, Ballard embraced the future.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2019
• The fear that Biden might recoil from more activist policies dates back to the campaign.
  — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
• Rather than recoil under the heat, the U.S. players doubled down on their joy.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2019
• Within the first two episodes of S3, Stranger Things offers bits of action that'll cause many to recoil.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 1 July 2019
• The girl teaches him French and does not recoil at his eagle-and-skull tattoo.
  — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021
• Challenges are something that this team has yet to recoil from.
  — oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2020
• Henry recoiled, then smashed through a wall (that part of the sketch was planned), suffering cuts to his leg as well.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2020
• And while light inertia guns recoil stoutly, the soft Franchi TSA pad does a good job of cutting the kick.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Coleman didn’t recoil from the heat of those closing moments.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• This time Jordan noticed that the boy kept recoiling, as if bracing for a hand to come down on him.
  — Emily Tate, WIRED, 17 July 2019
• The crux of the scene occurs when Victor gropes the actress under the table, causing her to recoil and spill wine on her shirt.
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• The marketing guy recoiled and said the figure was way too high and in no way could it be justified.
  — Lily Moayeri, Spin, 5 Oct. 2023
• But Feige promises that the camera and focus won’t recoil from the violence.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2022
• While some may recoil at the notion, there are pluses to raising the retirement age.
  — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• What matters is why Reese recoiled at the suggestion to include the runners-up.
  — Roxanne Jones, CNN, 9 Apr. 2023
• The startled nucleus would then recoil and emit some form of energy, such as a flash of light or a sound wave.
  — Wired, 13 Jan. 2019
• Like a startled squid in water, the women recoiled in unison expecting the lord to do as he was told.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• The force of the shot pushes the cannon back about two feet into the dirt, despite equipment that mitigates recoil.
  — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
• Those who really might be considered elite would recoil at the word, the notion.
  — Sally Quinn, Washington Post, 17 May 2021
• Conservatives tend to recoil at this kind of thing for a number of reasons.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Mar. 2021
• Our minds don’t like this though, and recoil against what seem like huge extra charges for what are often minor changes in schedule.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Then prepare to recoil in genuine fear at their rising fury.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021
• And some may recoil at the focus on secondary effects in the Global North rather than the immediate effects on the ground.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, the Lions recoiled, by twice failing to convert on fourth down, fumbling, and punting on a three-and-out series.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

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recoil

2 of 2 noun

• The gun has a sharp recoil.
• That's when the gun's recoil sent the scope back into the bridge of my nose.
  — Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
• The cheek piece on the stock does soften the blow of recoil, which was very manageable on the Maxus II.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 23 Feb. 2021
• But, hey, pull that choke, yank the recoil starter, and that big Honda roars to life in seconds.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
• The team plans to use the data to learn how much DART's initial hit moved the asteroid and how much came from the recoil.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 19 Dec. 2022
• This is equipped with recoil and auto choke, so there’s no fussing with primer or the choke.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 23 Apr. 2021
• The team saw that the recoil allowed the foot to remain in contact with the floor longer and better propel the body forward.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2023
• This would give him a recoil speed of 8 meters per second.
  — WIRED, 21 Aug. 2022
• The force of firing a prop gun provides the shooter with real recoil.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• The gun comes with Ruger’s Boomer muzzle brake, which does a great job of reducing recoil.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• What effect will that have on the recoil velocity and angle of the 1 ball?
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 17 Dec. 2021
• So prepare to feel the recoil from weapons, and more impact from your environment in the left and right grips.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2020
• The main advantage of the gas gun is greatly reduced felt recoil.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 25 Jan. 2021
• The men in the show fight, cheat, steal, throw milk bottles impetuously through windows, recoil at the sight of blood.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 31 May 2021
• Pull the recoil handle several times to evenly distribute the oil on the wall of the cylinder.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2021
• Trainees took turns attempting the task, dropping to their mats and fumbling with the guns’ dust covers and recoil springs.
  — Ann Neumann, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
• There’s a lot of energy in those tubes and a lot of recoil that can lead to fatalities.
  — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 1 July 2019
• The recoil was smooth and easy to control using the retraction button.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
• Sean Murphy caught it and fired to second in one motion, his right leg whipping to the side, catcher’s mask loosed by the recoil.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 July 2021
• Blanks are used to simulate the firing of a live bullet with a muzzle flash, recoil and bang.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2021
• Light and medium machine guns knotted the air, swirling up whippets of dust with their recoil.
  — Carter Malkasian, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• Finally, there is the physical recoil of holding the gun and the loud bang that results.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• So while some non-Asians recoil from the tanks of lobsters, the Kwons are committed to offering live seafood.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2021
• One major issue with a rifle using the 14.5mm round is recoil, or the pushback from a round fired.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
• For kids and new shooters, suppressors take away the two things that bother them – recoil and noise.
  — al, 31 Mar. 2022
• The gas system worked well and did an admirable job of reducing recoil.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The low recoil and limited report of the rimfire round are a good way to ease youths and newbies into the world of shooting.
  — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 14 Aug. 2020
• Also, the recoil of a 20-gauge shotgun is substantially less than that of a 12-gauge.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 27 July 2020
• However, the force is tiny and the recoil hard to see, particularly when thermal noise can swamp such movement.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• Through strange awards-season alchemy, the combination of Maestro and Cooper’s star persona has made the public recoil from both.
  — Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024