On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Flinched. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Flinched meaning
simple past and past participle of flinch
Using Flinched
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of flinch
- In the example corpus, flinched often appears in combinations such as: flinched when, flinched at.
Context around Flinched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flinched
- In this selection, "flinched" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, martin, barely, layla and nor stand out and add context to how "flinched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as he flinched back and and drywall people flinched. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flinched" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flinched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Layla flinched at every punch Noble took. (7 words)
Martin flinched and Davis left the podium laughing. (8 words)
Moshe flinched when Sandra reached out to touch him. (9 words)
Responding to the attack, British-Iraqi MP Nadhim Zahawi told the Express: “I flinched when I heard the leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition trot out the sort of line that I’ve had to deal with all my life. (42 words)
She remembers crying in her mother’s arms, aged four or five, after racist taunts by other children as well as the little boys and girls who flinched at holding her hand. (32 words)
When he shook Reeve's hand, he pretended that the actor’s grip was as super heroically strong as he flinched back and began shaking his wrist. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
Baseballs began whistling at him like meteors, but Wasserman never flinched.
Martin flinched and Davis left the podium laughing.
One diver reached out to stroke the oarfish - which is colloquially known as an 'earthquake fish' - which flinched when touched.
Responding to the attack, British-Iraqi MP Nadhim Zahawi told the Express: “I flinched when I heard the leader of His Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition trot out the sort of line that I’ve had to deal with all my life.
All through the show, Arizona has not flinched when it’s come to giving out to people and being a loving and affectionate friend.
When he shook Reeve's hand, he pretended that the actor’s grip was as super heroically strong as he flinched back and began shaking his wrist.
In the face of its fresh competition, the gentlemanly landmark barely flinched.
Layla flinched at every punch Noble took.
Moshe flinched when Sandra reached out to touch him.
She remembers crying in her mother’s arms, aged four or five, after racist taunts by other children as well as the little boys and girls who flinched at holding her hand.
When the hammer first punched through the drywall people flinched.
In spite of the pain, Karna neither flinched nor cried to avoid disturbing his guru's rest.
Common combinations with flinched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flinched when 4×
- flinched at 2×