To retreat unwillingly and/or suddenly, often caused by sudden pain, shock, scare, fright, surprise, or similar.
1The absence of any sort of guard railing made us shy back from the edge.
2Would they have let the lads of Andernach float down cabbage-stalks to them without a shy back?
3Trapped beneath their heels, stretched shadows shy back from the flames, yet do not jump or dance.
4It might appear strange that she does not shy back, on seeing him in company with another man.
5Gulping air in horrified panic, Galina shied back from the woman.
6Startled, she shied back, then opened her generous mouth, a bit like a fish.
7Carlyle shied back as the Utopian reached for her throat.
8He came so close that Racer shied back.
9She shied back as though he'd slapped her.
10Again, the tired roan shied back from the bleached bones of a traveller, picked clean by wolves.
11The dog shied back, uncertain and frightened.
12At first blinded, she shied back.
13The leyaks shied back even farther.
14Ever as he approaches it shies back, rearing and pitching to the full length and stretch of the bridle-rein.
15The Allen shied back farther.
16I shouted, as they shied back upon us, and two were caught and held fast- Iknownot by whom.