Flinched [verb]

Pederson then straightened up slowly, a muscle in his face flinched and then he smiled—with all but his eyes.

Cash flinched again, wavered, swallowed twice, and got up so abruptly that Lovin Child sat down again with a plunk.

His whole appearance revealed terrific passions, and an audacity that flinched at nothing.

Leonard looked at her, and for some reason his eyes flinched.

Under this imputation on her straightness Miriam flinched but for an instant.

She flinched a little, but his air of abstraction reassured her.

The custode glanced at her as she drew near and I thought he flinched.

They would not have flinched if the ship had gone down before superior gun power.

"I see what's come, sir," said Sutton, and though he was white under his stains he never flinched.

He reached with his good hand for hers, seeking the comfort of a human touch, but she flinched instinctively away.