Collocations for recoil - verb
ADV.
a little, slightly | instinctively
As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled.
As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled.
PREP.
at
Howard recoiled a little at the sharpness in my voice.
Howard recoiled a little at the sharpness in my voice.
from
She felt him recoil from her, frightened.
She felt him recoil from her, frightened.
in
He recoiled in apparent disgust.
He recoiled in apparent disgust.