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Definition of Flinched
1. flinch [v] - See also: flinch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flinched
Literary usage of Flinched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Beginnings of Kentucky: A Narrative of Public Events Bearing by John Mason Brown (1889)
"The Baptists of Virginia had not flinched from the question which presented itself
with the launching of the new government. Their General Committee ..."
2. My First Holiday; Or, Letters Home from Colorado, Utah, and California. by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1881)
"Gray flinched, like the coward that he is, and begged to be put into a dungeon,
where the noisy crowd that gathered about the jail doors could not reach him ..."
3. Watch Yourself Go by by Alfred Griffith Field (1912)
"When I threw the doors open and the rows of bottles of Old Crow came into his
view, he never flinched. I told Jim if he fainted to be handy with a pail of ..."
4. Historical Essays of Macaulay: William Pitt, Early of Chatham; The Earl of by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1892)
"You have never flinched that I know of; and I shall always rejoice to hear of
your prosperity." These were the last words of Junius. ..."
5. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"I can safely swear I never flinched one, dear Arthur, and you well know I am not
even upon indifferent occasions a shirker. Since that day the old girl has ..."
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