Flinching

It's hard to find examples of groups who are consistent in taking a detached view of their own past (human beings are not known for being consistent), but I would say that many countries look at their own pasts without flinching from the seamier side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also with all that recoil your flinching is going to hinder you more than a smaller cartridge. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Porting on a predator caliber is somewhat pointless anyway (there is some arguement for a faster second shot, but if you're not flinching from the noise you should get it the first time), but he hunts without earplugs and the noise level was unbearable with the short, ported barrel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When you flinch at the idea of a razor nick, then you start sliding down the path of cowardice – until you reach rock bottem and begin flinching at the idea of Joe Lieberman voting No and David Brooks dancing in triumph. wiley Says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

I believe if you obtain a large caliber firearm, and flinching is a problem, just keep shooting it (if you can) until you are accustomed to the recoil. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I'm rather flinching from the job of typing it," he explained, "because it is a very awkward thing to do in bed." ❋ Unknown (1994)

'However, the young girls seem to have as much self-possession as the older ones!' pursued Miss Levering, as she looked in vain for any sign of flinching from the sallies of cockney impudence directed at the occupants of the cart. ❋ Unknown (1907)

Sheila met the rage blazing in his expression without flinching. ❋ Janet Dailey (1986)

The question is whether this means Dem leaders are "flinching" in the face of the GOP onslaught, as CBS News puts it. ❋ Greg Sargent (2011)

Gingrich has, in fact, been set upon by columnist and human chain saw Robert Novak, who discerns some uneasiness in the ranks -- the speaker is said to be "flinching" on affirmative action. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Another inconvenient discrepancy of the books relates to the different penalties imposed on "flinching," or allowing one's ball to slip from under one's foot, during the process of croquet. ❋ Various (N/A)

An incident of reported "flinching" like this is not worth mentioning; I allude to it only to show the value of ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

And there is a double evil in this kind of flinching from obedience to the voice of our better selves, whether it takes the form of absolute suppression of what we think and hope, or only of timorous and mutilated presentation. ❋ John Morley (1880)

The operation of "flinching" this animal, which was thirty-nine feet and a half in length, occupied most of the afternoon, each ship taking half the blubber and hauling it on the ice, "to make off" or put into casks. ❋ William Edward Parry (1822)

He calls it "flinching," which is polite for rolling over. ❋ < (2010)

In particular I liked the fact that there was little "flinching". ❋ Anand Kumria (2009)