The boys recoiled a little from the brusqueness of her reply.

We walked while I talked and both boys recoiled a bit at the lights and crowds ahead.

The wolfs eyes locked on his; the boy recoiled from the agony in them.

The boy recoiled, sweat running down the sides of his face.

The boy recoiled a step, and caught his breath, for the thing hit him rather sudden; but the aspect which he took on was very, very respectful.

The boy recoiled, startled, and blinked as he recognised her.

The two boys recoiled from the blast, tumbling backward in the air from the shock wave.

The boy, innocent but aware of the evil he committed as Kid Marvelman, mentally recoils in shock and reverts into a catatonic state.

The boy recoiled when he saw the scrapple.

The boy recoiled in tears.