Explore Flinch through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like wince or quail. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flinch in a sentence
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Flinch meaning
- A reflexive jerking away.
- The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Using Flinch
- The main meaning on this page is: A reflexive jerking away. | The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- Useful related words include: wince, quail, recoil, shrink.
- In the example corpus, flinch often appears in combinations such as: flinch in, to flinch, flinch when.
Context around Flinch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flinch
- In this selection, "flinch" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, increased, courtiers, carnivores, either and almost stand out and add context to how "flinch" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include didn t flinch and and not flinch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flinch" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flinch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The sophomore didn't flinch. (5 words)
But admirably, she didn’t flinch. (6 words)
This is one burger that makes many carnivores flinch. (9 words)
Jones is likely ticketed for Double-A, but ultimately, he’s seen as a future 30-30 big leaguer, which is why the Yankees didn’t flinch when his name was mentioned as the key piece in trade talks, as The Post first reported. (44 words)
The government should use this year's anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe to reflect "on a time when Britain did not flinch" when it comes to the ongoing crisis in Syria. (37 words)
Consumers didn't seem to flinch either, as sentiment has not taken a turn for the worse, proving this to be more of a Wall Street event than one that will meaningfully impact real economic activity. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Consumers didn't seem to flinch either, as sentiment has not taken a turn for the worse, proving this to be more of a Wall Street event than one that will meaningfully impact real economic activity.
I doubt there are any investors who can hold an investment through those levels of drawdowns and not flinch.
Increased flinch when shot by an enemy player to align with other Sniper Rifles.
It also uses well-designed gore scenes to make you flinch in your chair.
Nana didn’t flinch: he made sure this illegal bribe was documented formally and there were consequences for the company.
The sophomore didn't flinch.
Valparaiso’s Mackenzie Wassermann doesn’t flinch in her playoff debut: ‘She made big shots.
Jones is likely ticketed for Double-A, but ultimately, he’s seen as a future 30-30 big leaguer, which is why the Yankees didn’t flinch when his name was mentioned as the key piece in trade talks, as The Post first reported.
Still not going to flinch, not going to back down my opportunity to continue got grow and battle regardless of the result.
The flinch was instinctive as the first crack sounded around Butler's showgrounds.
There are things that make us flinch but we shrug them off.
Trump can say virtually anything and we will not flinch.
When she finally had the chance to confront her rapist in open court, she didn’t flinch.
When they do, courtiers flinch almost imperceptibly and change the subject or, if that's not possible, refer to them obliquely as 'persons who live overseas'.
But there's something to be said for refusing to flinch in the face of reality, no matter how bleak it may seem.
Dave, however, being built like a Jason Statham-esque brick truck didn't even flinch.
Opponents don't always flinch or fall over when attacked, so combat ends up looking like a combat scenario where one person swings and then the other swings.
The government should use this year's anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe to reflect "on a time when Britain did not flinch" when it comes to the ongoing crisis in Syria.
This is one burger that makes many carnivores flinch.
But admirably, she didn’t flinch.
Common combinations with flinch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flinch in 5×
- to flinch 5×
- flinch when 5×
- didn flinch 5×
- not flinch 4×
- even flinch 4×
- never flinch 2×
- you flinch 2×
- us flinch 2×
- flinch but 2×