But his sudden appearance had surprised the attackers, and the nearest creature recoiled several steps, waving its sword defensively as if Covenant were a group of warriors.

The creature recoiled in horror of its own, and Chapel rolled free, to lie gasping on the floor, vomiting.

But he intimated the creature recoiled from the energized wall.

The creature recoiled and let out a shriek that sent tingling shivers along Danica's spine.

The creature recoiled sharply from her pointed finger.

The creature, its sight wiped out, all senses cancelled, recoiled, and a scream rose keening in its curdled brain.

The creature instantly recoiled, its screaming cut off, and thrashed limply about.

The creature shuddered and recoiled, and there was a sickening stench of seared flesh.

A creature of the dark would recoil from the blessed wine.

The creature recoiled against the rock.