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

To remove this second shell, blanch the beans for about a minute, drain, cool and then gently squeeze them out of their shells.

From Salon • May 14, 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

Some of the professional photographers, seeing him load a flash gun, would blanch, mutter, and hasten from the room.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey