flinch

He flinched when excerpts of his diary were read out, and averted his eyes as indecent photographs he took of his nieces were shown.

Though she was often stoic and staring straight ahead while in court, she never flinched or showed emotion when prosecutors made negative comments about her partner.

Mourners flinch and duck for cover when his comrades fire off a gun salute.

“Bacon” grapples with trauma — and doesn’t flinch from what it uncovers.

She looks bereft and flinches at every explosion we hear.