blanches
Example Sentences
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They arrive at the rustic Strawberry Lodge and as he’s about to propose, he blanches and falters, instead revealing that he’s invited their group of friends to celebrate Bianca’s birthday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Per blanches, and then laughs, remembering the signposts he had seen earlier: “Take notice of the echo!”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019
Bayasgalan blanches at the idea of locking up Mongolia's land; the notion of open grasslands where herders and animals roam freely is, to her and many others, the country's essence.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 30, 2019
But he blanches when asked in an interview about similarities to his touring days.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2018
When he first sees me, he blanches, like I’m some hideous Creature from the Black Lagoon.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
