staunchest
Example Sentences
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For the bridge moguls, anything that stanches the flow of traffic could be costly.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017
He stanches the flow of information reaching the president’s desk.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2017
That stanches the flow of creativity, robs from the player's inherent talent.
From Golf Digest • Jan. 27, 2017
"It is the poet who heals with his words, stanches the flow of blood, stills the rattling breath, applies poultice to the scalded flesh."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Noble women have indeed a sublime mission to fulfil to suffering and sickened hearts,—the mission of the sister of charity who stanches the wound, of the mother who forgives a child.
From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott