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Discover Ludwig"I recoiled" is a correct and usable phrase in written English and can be used to indicate a sudden physical or emotional reaction, such as fear, discomfort, or surprise.
For example, you could use the phrase "I recoiled when I saw the huge spider on the wall."
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I recoiled and turned away.
I recoiled from the idea.
"It's spontaneous," Spiegelman said, as I recoiled.
I recoiled, still in bed but propped halfway up.
"So then I recoiled, and I stopped writing".
Just back from a year in Italy, I recoiled.
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While I was recoiling from this discovery — the bugs, not the newspapers — the chambermaid was confiding her ambitions to move to Paris and become a dancer.
I recoil.
I recoil from mirrors under fluorescent tubes.
I recoil in disgust and fear.
He actually shrieks, so loudly that I recoil.
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