blanch

Example Sentences

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The boy saw Maya-Jade blanch at the insult and he felt a pang of sympathy for her.

From Literature

I attended a gathering of diplomats, journalists and scholars, and they had blanched faces as they discussed what it means.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Reporter-source relationships can be tricky, of course, and many journalists would blanch to see their correspondence with sources made public,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We didn’t blanch at the cost to come to The Mather.”

From Barron's

“We didn’t blanch at the cost to come to The Mather.”

From Barron's