shied

verb

past tense of shy
as in flinched

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  1. flinched
  2. recoiled
  3. winced
  4. shrank
Verb
  • The teen in the green sweatshirt, Williams, momentarily flinched from the gunshot.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of flinched
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  • When councilman Steve Novick threatened to sue, the Blazers recoiled and became obstinate.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Markets recoiled for a moment, then kept climbing, the Nasdaq tripling before the decade was out.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Definition of recoiled
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  • My husband walked into the room and winced as one of the women changed into a perfect re-creation of an American Girl–doll outfit (very theater kid, not his thing).
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The French superstar winced after a free kick sailed over the goalpost in the 88th minute.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of winced
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  • As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The value of the Public Investment Fund’s assets under management shrank $10 billion last year to around $900 billion, according to its 2025 annual report.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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