blanch

Example Sentences

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“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 • Nov. 15, 2025

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

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

This was solidified for me after crossing a threshold that some West Coast purists would blanch at breaching — going to a Rick Bayless restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

We know them so well, which is why when the series depicts the original trio acting inexplicably or out of character, viewers blanch.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023

It was so very fast: the first blanch of shock, when he thought she was Isagol, and the second, when he realized she wasn’t.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor