blanched
Example Sentences
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The strips were then blanched, salted, and fried in soybean oil that had been heated to 180 degrees Celsius.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
But it has also spurred periodic selloffs, as investors have blanched at the mind-boggling cost of the enterprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
But then Ms. Mollenkott, who had been living as a closeted lesbian, shared her secret with Ms. Scanzoni and watched with horror as her writing partner blanched with shock.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Biologists might have blanched at trying to describe the “gene molecule” on purely hypothetical grounds—but what physicist could resist taking a ramble in weird, risky territory?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
