Verb (used with object) : to reel a fish in.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The boxer reeled and fell. ,The troops reeled and then ran. ,His brain reeled.    From Dictionary.com. 

New Jersey again reeled off 10 straight points, with Newman's.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Bulls vs. Nets] Reference

Man, I haven't reeled from a blow like that since bonerici reminded me of my own callowness.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Do You Grow Up In Today's Society? - A Frightening Proposal] Reference

He knew that his hand shook, and his brain reeled, and his eyes were bleared; but he never blamed the whiskey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sowing Seeds in Danny] Reference

Figuring it†™ d buy him some time as he reeled from the punch to the face; Dustin backed up and started to run.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2006 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

I didn't know whether to feel flattered or offended at first, as my mind reeled from the unexpectedness of the instructions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-02-01] Reference

Baldwin reeled off seven straight victories to start the season while allowing three or fewer runs in seven of eight starts.    From Wordnik.com.  [American League Baseball - White Sox vs. Mariners] Reference

The District's preppy private school reeled from the news that a freshman dorm room had been converted into a drug laboratory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgetown students never take 'hard drugs' (wink, wink), Facebook moms annoy people, and more] Reference

In other words, we reeled, which is pretty much how the whole year has gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karen Stabiner: Is My Nest Empty or Just Half-Full?] Reference

A smaller cake drove against the out-jutting corner-logs and the cabin reeled.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER 24] Reference

Fortunately for Hennigan, he was friends with the biggest name reeled in by Houston — LSU's 1959 Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Cannon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Titans owner Bud Adams often overlooked in launch of AFL] Reference

"Everybody kind of reeled in their spending during the recession.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gadget Appetite Strains Suppliers] Reference

I reeled from the pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Multi-Cultural Team Hernia] Reference

The walls of the cabin reeled and tilted up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The One Thousand Dozen] Reference

The landscape reeled, there came a sense of slumber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ideala] Reference

When he left his mother's house, Robert's head reeled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlene] Reference

The second phrase also reeled in pages and pages of matches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vacuum users send mixed messages] Reference

But your gain is as phony as the sales pitch that reeled you in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small Stocks, Big Frauds] Reference

Hosty reeled: he knew that Oswald worked in the book depository.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Cover-Up] Reference

As he reeled to a stop he saw blood splattered across his windshield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volume] Reference

Then I could see that Mosquera could be reeled in and I pushed harder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Igor Anton wins mountaintop stage at Vuelta a España and retakes the lead] Reference

I reeled it in, and in time landed the thing -- a splendid large trout!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

In May 2002, it reeled in Europe's top award, the Palme d'Or in Cannes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Word: Christopher Szpilman] Reference

Confident that she'd reeled him in, she asked for something more serious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's links to Mexican drug cartel a saga of corruption on U.S. side of border] Reference

It was Brandon Tartikoff, head of NBC -- which reeled in Spelling soon after.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kid Who Saved Television] Reference

Malkan reeled off more numbers supporting her belief in the need for legislation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcia G. Yerman: What Price Beauty? New Legislation Seeks Safety Regulations] Reference

They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference

For some reason still unaccountable I let it go, and yard after yard of line was reeled out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

But still, when I came home and found it there, lonely and empty on the toilet tank, I reeled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kurosawa's Rain] Reference

A five-man breakaway was reeled in the late-going of the 209. 9km race to set up a bunch sprint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edvald Boasson Hagen wins Dutch Food Valley Classic in Holland.] Reference

The bear reeled against the ropes after I hit him with two uppercuts and the final knockout hook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wajahat Ali: Fighting Wells Fargo and Foreclosure] Reference

I cast and reeled the fly back in at a slow pace following the gestures my father had demonstrated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lalla, Chuckachucka] Reference

Four years later Koppelman was out, as EMI reeled with political intrigue and lagged rivals, despite expensive restructurings.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breakout Act] Reference

A groan escaped through his shut teeth as he reeled across the hall and took down a short rawhide whip that had been mine to play with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference