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Grammar : Verb
Spell : flinch
Phonetic Transcription : flɪntʃ



Definition of flinch

Origin :
  • 1570s, from obsolete flecche "to bend, flinch," probably from Old French flenchir "to bend," probably from Frankish *hlankjan or some other Germanic source (cf. Middle High German linken, German lenken "to bend, turn, lead"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). Related: Flinched; flinching. As a noun, from 1817.
  • verb shy away, wince
Example sentences :
  • His duty lay very plain before him, and he would not flinch.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Not this time would I flinch from what consequences might follow.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The perfume of violet scent was almost unbearable, but he did not flinch.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Yet she did not flinch, nor did a single symptom of panic or fear cross her face.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • But nothing daunts us, or makes us flinch from our fell purpose.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • It was a painful journey downstairs, but Polly did not flinch.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • She fully believed them, but even so, we hear she did not flinch.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • But still the enquiry demands our earnest attention and we must not flinch.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • Yet she did not flinch in her certainty that nemesis must be obeyed and even aided.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • He was a brave soldier going down to battle, and not once did he flinch.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey

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