How do you use recoiled in a sentence?

Answer 1

You can reduce the effect of recoil by holding the rifle tightly against your shoulder.

Standing behind a 155mm artillery cannon during firing risks death by recoil.

When the elephant man removes his hood, be careful not to recoil in Horror like my last intern.

Answer 2

When I fired the rifle, it recoiled with a greater force than I had expected.

OR,

When I was startled by the snake, I recoiled in fear.