The recoil of Christian apologetics towards the ground of religious experience, a recoil produced by the pressure of scientific criticism upon other supports of faith:英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
On the other hand, many Americans (though less willing than the French) are willing to discuss creed, immortality, faith. There is nothing from which the Englishman more peremptorily recoils, although he hates well nigh as deeply all abstract discussion, or to be clever, or to have you be clever. An American friend of mine had grown tired of an Englishman who had been finding fault with one American thing after another. So he suddenly said:英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
I recoiled from the open cigarette-case that he proffered as he spoke. Our eyes met; and in his there was that starry twinkle of mirth and mischief, that sunny beam of audacious devilment, which had been my undoing two months before, which was to undo me as often as he chose until the chapter's end. Yet for once I withstood its glamour; for once I turned aside that luminous glance with front of steel. There was no need for Raffles to voice his plans. I read them all between the strong lines of his smiling, eager face. And I pushed back my chair in the equal eagerness of my own resolve.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Rose looked round in terror, as Lomaque spoke his last words--looked round, and saw her husband recoil before the signature on the arrest order, as if the guillotine itself had suddenly arisen before him. Her brother felt her shrinking back in his arms, and trembled for the preservation of her self-control if the terror and suspense of the arrest lasted any longer.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
To his utter amazement, his father recoiled from him. The variable temper of Francois had evidently changed completely during his absence at the village. A settled scowl of distrust darkened his face as he looked at his son.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
and Curtis! And such is the perverseness of human nature--I am frank, you see--I love you for that too. I love you for all of you, just as you are."
She made a moue of distaste and raised a hand protestingly. "Don't," he said. "You have no right to recoil from the mention of my love for you. Remember this is a man-talk. From the point of view of the talk, you are a man. The woman in you is only incidental, accidental, and irrelevant.英文原著 · 《Adventure》
Like Moses giving Pharaoh a chance before the plagues were visited upon Egypt, I come to-- When heathens quoth from the book of the Good, I recoil.美剧 · 《Billions》
You reach out to her, and then she rejects you, and you can't help but recoil.美剧 · 《Lie to me》
It's a dark day when I turn towards the system - instead of recoiling. - Just spit it out!美剧 · 《White Collar》
And you use your trigger finger to brace for recoil, Which means you shoot off target.美剧 · 《White Collar》