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

At first, Hallow didn't seem so bad, even though I blanched when it immediately gamified the spiritual experience by congratulating me for maintaining my "streak" of daily usage.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

When the mural was installed in April, fair officials blanched.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Darin’s calm is sheared away as if by a scythe, his face blanched with a horror I feel down to my bones.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir