1. recoiling - Noun
2. recoiling - Verb
of Recoil
Source: Webster's dictionaryTender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling. Yukteswar Giri
She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling. Miranda July
At the point where its shock has been the most violent the sea is driven back, and suddenly recoiling with redoubled force, causes the inundation. Source: Internet
Sitting through this twisting, turning documenting about the trial of Michael Peterson – charged with the murder in 2003 of his wife – the viewer may find themselves alternately empathising with and recoiling from the accused. Source: Internet
But when he says it's regrettable that people are in straitened economic circumstances, and he tries to arrange his face to suggest he feels your pain, it looks as if his entire being is recoiling at the effort to connect with the unwashed masses. Source: Internet
So we hear about one of the rare creative run-ins David Chase had with HBO in making The Sopranos, as former exec Chris Albrecht recalls recoiling at having Tony Soprano murder a mafia rat with his bare hands in the show’s fifth episode. Source: Internet