How to Use flinch in a Sentence

flinch

verb

• He flinched when I tapped him on the shoulder.
• The bill was much higher than expected, but he paid it without flinching.
• She met danger without flinching.
• Didn’t flinch, didn’t lay down.
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
• Adi flinched but passed it to him.
  — Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• My kid takes pots and pans and just slams them and doesn't flinch.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• Alvin doesn't flinch, doesn't even cast a glance back at his son.
  — Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2011
• Hinch did not flinch, though his voice was thick enough to hint at pain.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
• Cole agreed, but did do some flinching.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
• The moose flinched and stiffened.
  — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
• The right buyer doesn't flinch.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
• Kavitha, to her credit, didn’t flinch.
  — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
• When stuff gets hard or when things go sideways, don’t flinch.
  — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Who will stand down, who will flinch, who will cross the line, who will get hit?
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2020
• Rosen stared the top of the draft order in the eye and didn't flinch.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• Jankowski turned away at the last minute and Taveras flinched.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• That last question is the one most leaders flinch from.
  — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• When asked about these points of tension, Noone didn’t flinch.
  — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026
• But the righthander did not flinch when Kapler handed him the ball.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 17 May 2018
• Stepped up like a veteran, did not flinch and knocked it down.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 26 Feb. 2022
• The buck didn’t even flinch after being shot through the heart.
  — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
• Kaiser then appears to flinch and fires about nine shots into the home.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2018
• Other reptile species in the same room didn’t flinch.
  — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
• The singer held the camera during the process and didn't even flinch.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 21 Sep. 2020
• The judge appeared to flinch while watching footage of the killing.
  — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
• Its beak rapped against the pane and made both sisters flinch and chuckle.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• One man seems to flinch as the yellow hues of dawn break in the background.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 31 May 2018
• When loud booms from Gaza echo across the sky, some of the kids flinch at the noise.
  — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
• Last week, one of them took a field goal to the gonads and barely flinched.
  — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• On 4th-and-1, the Bears didn’t flinch and went for a first down.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Jan. 2026