starched

Example Sentences

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Even Warren Buffett’s latest big-tech bet, on Alphabet, hasn’t stanched the bleeding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

She has stanched some of the vituperation in recent days, though questions about her political future leading the nation’s second-largest city still remain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

By late Sunday the leak was reported stanched.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021

I had just become addicted to the endorphin rush of infatuation, a limerence that stole my common sense as it stanched my own pain and grief.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

She stanched the bleeding with wadded paper towels, then pulled out alcohol wipes and a pack of butterfly closures.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi