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

Yet Seattleites have every reason to blanch at the price tag and wonder about the levy’s effectiveness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

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

Boaz, for his part, didn’t blanch half as much as when he’d stepped on the rat.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny