This won't do, she told herself, and frowned so fiercely that the thin man recoiled.

The other man had recoiled merely to give his body free play.

A man with such a strong sense of propriety would recoil from the truth.

Rather than hit the wall with their fists, the men recoiled, but Remo was now between and behind them.

Crying out in shock and terror, the men around him recoiled.

This wasn't the first time I'd had men recoil from me in fear of what they thought I was.

The man recoiled, with a dark blob over half his face.

The man recoiled as though Vimes had tried to offer him a snake.

The man recoiled a little, pulling off my coat with a jerk.

The young man recoiled, his hands coming up in what looked to Jack like a martial arts stance.