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1. I flinch, thinking about what Micah is slowly turning into
2. he didn't even flinch when we got Christmas cards addressed to the pair of us
3. ‘No, me neither … but I daresay our friend Gerisse has some useful associates who wouldn’t flinch at such activity … especially if he’s dabbling in the criminal underworld, as would appear to be the case
4. “All I have is still open to you, Ava dear,” he said and she didn’t even flinch much when the thick-skinned grey hand came out of his voluminous sleeve to pat hers
5. ‘She didn’t even flinch, just stood there praying to
6. He looked through her but she did not flinch
7. She did not even flinch at the use of power
8. He stared Ash in the eyes without a single flinch, but when he looked at me something exploded from Ash
9. Savannah didn’t flinch when the boned needle pricked her flesh
10. He had almost reached her when she finally pulled the trigger, sounding off an ear-deafening blast that made her flinch and cower
11. The man stopped with a suddenness that made her flinch
12. I didn’t even flinch
13. It was her turn to flinch at the sting of his words
14. He was shouting now, his words sharp and bitter, making Kiri flinch with their vehemence
15. The wounds must have stung, but Sicarius did not flinch when she washed them
16. More lightning and then more trembling thunder made him flinch
17. This shadow, though insubstantial, emitted an aura of great evil and Brock could not help but flinch away from it
18. ” From her flinch, I knew I was right
19. It was primal instinct that made us flinch and shy away from her bare breasts
20. The General did not flinch and replied with ease and confidence:
21. Keinalone did not flinch or duck, but took the full painful blow hoping that it would assuage his fatherly anger at her protestation
22. His face didn’t flinch though, nor did he seem to notice his cigarette was out
23. It made him flinch, his face sour
24. Ethan picked up his glass and hesitated before having a sip; he saw the priest gulp down a mouthful and flinch
25. The sudden contrast made Ethan flinch away
26. He had not seemed to flinch at all, from witnessing to the “Good News” that was ours to spread
27. “You’re going to stand there as he throws those knives,” Eric says to Al, “until you learn not to flinch
28. I will not flinch
29. If I flinch, I prove to Eric that this is not as easy as I said it was; I prove that I’m a coward
30. He doesn’t even flinch
31. I flinch at the sight of his death-pale face
32. I held my ground and did not flinch, but secretly I worried that the wall would not be able to hold him back
33. flinch, just stood there, eyes narrowed, the veins bulging out of his forehead
34. Gloria, the ice queen, didn’t flinch
35. not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the
36. “Don’t lose any sleep over me Jesse, I don’t expect anything from you” I suppressed a flinch at her cold tone, confirming what I already knew; I was nothing but a heartbreaker who didn’t deserve her or any other woman for that matter
37. This time I did flinch, but she had already turned heading for the stairs
38. In the corner of my eye I saw Jesse flinch too, I had forgotten he was there in my furious fit
39. I saw Lucky flinch at his cold tone “Its nice to see you too Bill” I said in the same tone, glaring at him
40. “Nothing I say will change your mind so what’s the point?” he said, his tone making me flinch
41. “Have you forgotten who you booked slut?” Chuck spat irritated, I stifled a flinch just as I saw Jesse’s fists clench
42. This time, I didn't flinch away
43. I stifled a flinch and his mother looked down
44. “Who was it Lucky!” he said, his authorative tone making me flinch
45. I didn’t flinch but a small gasp escaped my lips, I don’t think he heard it because he immediately turned his back on me walking away
46. I’m watching Zachary’s response, and I’m surprised he doesn’t flinch at Emily’s embrace
47. I flinch as they drag me outside, to the garden
48. ” She says before removing his towel and laying him on the bed as she begins kissing his entire body and even makes him flinch at the touch of her mouth to his penis
49. ” Talia told him with a giggle as she saw him flinch, her hand on her sword’s pommel as it often was when she wore it
50. He blinks but does not flinch
1. I flinched a bit, I admit, but damn it he was still a Garda
2. I breathed in and flinched visibly
3. As he stepped into the room both Menachem and I flinched
4. Daniel was moving his legs and he raised his right arm a bit and flinched and dropped it to his side
5. She flinched and moved out of reach
6. Heather flinched, surprised at first at the
7. Tensed to leap if she should get the chance, she had flinched as Chas’s flailing hand had brushed her leg
8. Johnson knew from the way Roman had flinched that there was a good chance he
9. Leclercq flinched and glared
10. brought with him, but his eyes never flinched from the
11. The second was very shy, scared and flinched under her touch
12. “Hans! Wake up!” This time, Hans flinched, his eyes fluttering
13. The next set of large artillery flares went off overhead and I moved over to where he was curled up into a foetal position with his knees drawn up to his chin he was keening quietly in his throat and I touched his shoulder but he flinched like a whipped cur
14. They looked quite tender in the showers too, and received a lot of manly sympathy from us who flinched at the sight of their wounds
15. Actually he flinched and closed both eyes while shooting (something expected from female cadets—only joking)
16. Had he flinched again the instructors would become much more fatherly
17. Even though she expected it, Amaranthe flinched
18. Rooten flinched at the Preceptor's tone and looked to Comfrey for support, but finding none there, he noisily swallowed his fear
19. I flinched at the noise that bombarded me as millions of flies swooped and darted about my head
20. reach out for her but she flinched adding all his torment and finally
21. Our leave chits,” I bellowed and he flinched
22. It had taken him weeks to get over the trauma, and even now he instinctively flinched when a bird passed overhead
23. Crossing over the room in a couple of long strides, he passed so closely to Macey that she flinched, already feeling the cold blade sinking into her stomach
24. Jumping up onto the wall surrounding the pit, Watts grabbed the rope, then flinched, looking at his hands
25. His face, or what was still left of it, tried to take on an expression of pain; he flinched and his visage contorted violently
26. His body flinched and a grunt erupted from him, as the slob behind him jabbed a revolver into his kidney
27. Ursempyre involuntarily flinched at the uncanny remark and was terrified at the thought the Patriarch was actually reading his mind
28. Hilderich flinched painfully as he repositioned himself in a more upright position using his hands and replied, gritting his teeth through some of the words:
29. Hilderich coughed somewhat hard, and flinched before spitting out a blob of bloodied sputum
30. “Don’t play stupid with me!” Maintenon’s voice cracked as loud as a whip, and even the sergeant flinched
31. ” She flinched as she expected her added confession would bring another lash
32. She flinched and a few drops of blood smudged the knife
33. “They thought so too, but they’re dead,” she said as she flinched and relaxed her body, yielding to Ethan
34. And in the end they had not flinched either! Whereas I, stuck on this rock of an island, have certainly bemoaned my own poor example of a fate
35. Then I pictured myself returning to this sad life where all I did was work, where nobody loved me and apparently never would, and flinched at the prospect
36. “Yes, in not letting me fight! You can’t always protect me!” Ash flinched noticeably
37. He shouted and flinched, but the lightning only flickered around him
38. He jumped and nearly flinched back from the figure that had partially
39. Wynne flinched, but Orphenn did nothing more
40. Noah flinched, but he kept his eyes on the road
41. Tomo flinched and then nodded
42. He reached out to touch her, but she flinched and moved away
43. She flinched at the touch of the breeze, and suddenly a blinding flash of colour—purple and red and living, pulsing blackness—shot through her eyes
44. “Is there nothing you can do?” an old man cried, and Nicolas flinched at the sound of the heartbreak in his voice
45. I flinched in suffering as I stood up warily
46. She flinched “And what are these ‘expectations’?” she asked, clearly offended
47. I couldn’t be sure, after she flinched away from my hand in the game room, it hurt me in ways I couldn’t describe
48. She never flinched away from my touch before and I knew then that she didn’t want me anymore
49. She flinched “I guess that would also explain these” she lightly traced the scratches on my hands and one on the side of my face
50. “Shut up!” I screamed at her, she flinched
1. He flinches as I mention his friend’s name and for a moment I wonder if I have gone too far, but with a sigh, he holds out his hand for the plate I am clutching
2. The tooth faerie flinches her green little fists, she
3. The lad flinches and cries out, but it is enough for Ralph to sense what he needs to
4. From nowhere the darkness pierces his ears and he flinches as words come hammering into his head: Simon
5. The scribe flinches as if Johan might hit him, but he holds his position
6. She barely flinches, throws you back to the bed and slams her head into yours
7. Keep styptic powder on hand to control any bleeding from those little accidents that can happen when a budgie flinches
8. Captain Black never flinches from his formal stance, but his
9. He flinches at the sight of my left eye which is now completely shut
10. The queen flinches, but does it so subtly that Rapunzel doesn't notice, and promptly recovers herself and clicks a piece into place
11. She reaches for his arms, but he flinches away from her touch, leaving her hands suspended in the air
12. Ciere flinches, then drops her hand
13. Something touches her chin and she flinches in surprise
1. He listened intently enough, but was always wide-eyed and nervous, flinching visibly every time Robbie shouted out his updates on our preciously spinning time together
2. choice,’ he added, flinching at their appalled expressions
3. Harry put his shoulders back and faced the situation without flinching
4. "We could what?" he asked reaching out to caress her flinching cheek
5. Patrice cries out at the sound, flinching as her fear
6. Darniil stared back without flinching; equally serious about the issue, but feeling a light shiver as he stared into those black, beady eyes sizing him up
7. His choice was a life lived for itself, where a person acknowledges the absurdity of the world without flinching, and then lives life to the fullest
8. These days she looked at him with revulsion, flinching from his touch, becoming angry if he even mentioned sex
9. Trying to ignore the pounding noises all around her, she padded onwards, flinching as one monster actually passed right over the top of her, its hot breath scorching her fur
10. “Sit still,” she complained at his flinching, “I can’t do this with you jumping all over the place,” and pushed him firmly down onto the stool
11. The guard instantly drew back the AKs loading arm carefully, waiting for Ethan to make the mistake of flinching
12. Flinching from pain, he loosened his grip involuntarily and allowed her to spin around and punch him hard in the face
13. He picks up peppers and bites into them without flinching
14. flinching, we appropriate the victory we have in Him
15. Mark could feel it when they contained their auras, and he met the dragon god’s fierce glare without flinching
16. Schmidt took the blow without flinching
17. Flinching under the renewed pressure, Sari blurted out, “I, am with child, not yours
18. But despite the endless shivering, the flinching of the
19. ‘Damn,’ said Titus, flinching from the cold and trying to deflate any tension, ‘I was hoping you would have had it warmed up a little by now
20. You can’t say the word without flinching
21. “The line’s down again,” said the production worker, almost flinching as he said it
22. Vateesa sank to the floor, speechless with terror, but Yasmela faced the infuriated barbarian without flinching
23. Taramis met that tigerish glare without flinching
24. Unlike the incident with Blondie, he made no attempt to fend off the blow and took the hit solidly without flinching
25. Not flinching, Lewis happily lets the nurse inject him with the pain killer
26. Without flinching, I leaped out of the station
27. She gingerly poked her jeans with a flinching hand
28. Ingrid stared without flinching at her tormentor, having taken her decision
29. Moten was secretly surprised and also impressed on seeing Elizabeth Gardner and Mary Takahashi do their bit at bayoneting without flinching, their faces impassive
30. He had probably seen so many similar skirmishes in his life that he had become immune to public displays of hostility, only flinching when bullets or blades were added into the equation
31. the he had failed the last time passing through the hedge by flinching at the last
32. Flinching, she responded: "That makes a morbid kind of sense to me, Father
33. He coughed again, flinching from the incredible pain
34. The extremely rare few who can gaze without flinching into the can’t-be-denied mirror’s image already know what they will see there or at least, are not at all surprised
35. would hold the mirror without flinching,
36. Flinching, he pulled his hand back
37. Kimi jumped to her feet, flinching as she landed on the bad ankle, hiding her splinted, broken wrist behind her, not wanting Achak to notice she was injured
38. When he met Laeron’s gaze he had to force himself to look at the stone eye without flinching, though the guilt was not so easily tucked away
39. She strove to keep from flinching at Grace’s touch and almost
40. In one flinching blink of the eyes, Roger
41. He faced death in the eye, without flinching
42. They were larger than any she had seen a man wear and, without flinching, she pushed his head sideways to study one closer
43. A low keening wail started from the pit of his belly, his muscles cramping and twisting and flinching as the howl made its way up his windpipe and out through his clenched teeth
44. He’d stood in silence and taken the brunt of her tirade without flinching, but his visage now looked as if it had been carved in stone
45. No longer unconscious, his flinching jaw communicated a clear combination of outrage and foreboding
46. “You mean when we used to tangle up the sheets?” I said without even flinching and not caring who could hear us; I had no problem embarrassing him in public after the way he’d humiliated me in front of all of the most important people in my life
47. “Good heavens you stink,” she said, flinching away from Johnny and finding herself back in Caesar's armpit
48. Best, noticing this, clasped his beloved blunderbuss and swept it dangerously around the bar, past the flinching group who were already off their stools and shuffling back into the darkness
49. He sat up slowly, flinching as if he were still in immense pain, and then wrapped his arms around me
50. ” She slid off the bed, flinching when her knees made contact with the rug