The word "recoil" is correct and can be used in written English. It can be used as both a verb and a noun. Example sentence: She recoiled in horror as the creature lunged towards her.
Air particles colliding with the hotspots heat up and shoot away from the surface, which causes the particle to recoil in the opposite direction.
This caps Merck's costs.The likeliest explanation for the wide-eyed panic in the markets is that Merck's investors are casting their eyes wider, and recoil from what they see.
He may lack stature and sparkle, but many Frenchmen who recoil from the blustering Mr Le Pen may well, in the long run, be ready to give the more respectable face of the far right their vote.
Public schools recoil from even the mildest religious imagery.
Many people understandably recoil at such a prospect.
But the unbridled populism that might be released is something that makes most e-government enthusiasts recoil.
By then it made 41% of GE's profits.In this section Dynasties A time to heal Back to business The quiet revolution Don't recoil from the coil ReprintsNear-suicidal might be a better description.
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