Related Clues:

• Yellow-belly, say, acted thus?
• Fish used to be caught — got fearfully small
• Shrank back, seeing snake outside church
• Shrank from the cold east wind outside
• Used to be into fish -- withdrew
• Grimaced
• Say scaredy-cat shrank back
• Reacted to a bad joke, maybe
• Showed discomfort in church when beset by gastric problem
• Grimaced slightly
• By the sound of it, poltroon looked fearful
• Recoiled in fear
• Shrank back as gale enveloped church
• Dramatist, we hear, cringed
• Reacted to a really bad pun, perhaps