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.
• Rosen stared the top of the draft order in the eye and didn't flinch.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• The man hits the child with the belt hard, more than 50 times, as the girl screams and flinches.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 8 Dec. 2017
• The singer held the camera during the process and didn't even flinch.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 21 Sep. 2020
• My kid takes pots and pans and just slams them and doesn't flinch.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• And yet, the Big Ten keeps waiting for Fields to flinch.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020
• But the righthander did not flinch when Kapler handed him the ball.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 17 May 2018
• Each time, Putin has called his bluff and Trump has flinched.
  — Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2025
• Jankowski turned away at the last minute and Taveras flinched.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• The boy doesn't flinch and is shown smiling at the lion.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 31 July 2019
• Alvin doesn't flinch, doesn't even cast a glance back at his son.
  — Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2011
• One of the Lord God, might flinch at staring the manner of his death full in the face.
  — Tom Holland, Time, 29 Oct. 2019
• One man seems to flinch as the yellow hues of dawn break in the background.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 31 May 2018
• Hinch did not flinch, though his voice was thick enough to hint at pain.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Still a boy, alert to any alteration in the mood, ready to flinch at the first sign of anger.
  — Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
• The question is whether China will flinch as the pain mounts.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2018
• Wacha, who played for the Padres last season, didn’t flinch in the moment.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• Last week, one of them took a field goal to the gonads and barely flinched.
  — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• The buck didn’t even flinch after being shot through the heart.
  — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
• But Ahmed didn’t flinch, the stoic survivor of a war and no longer a child.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020
• Adi flinched but passed it to him.
  — Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Good economists should not flinch from the fact that saving lives does have an opportunity cost in scarce dollars.
  — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• The noise was so strange that only some of the rally-goers flinched.
  — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
• Stidham has yet to flinch, in public or private.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
• Yet the Timberwolves’ coach never flinched in regards to his backing of both players.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2026
• On 4th-and-1, the Bears didn’t flinch and went for a first down.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Jan. 2026
• When stuff gets hard or when things go sideways, don’t flinch.
  — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026