blanched

Example Sentences

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Stan Winborne, superintendent of Granville County Public Schools in North Carolina, blanched to find YouTube was a top-accessed site in an audit he commissioned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

To prepare the samples, potatoes were rinsed, peeled, cut into strips, blanched, and salted.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Frank Rich, writing in the New York Times, praised “Grownups” as Feiffer’s “most moving and provocative work” but blanched at its painful content.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The best bet for an approach like this is to blend an herb — or multiple herbs — after having blanched them for 10 to 15 seconds.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023

When they returned, it was like an undersea cave, blanched by the ocean.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García