unblenching

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Mistress Clorinda laughed, sitting straight in her saddle, her fine eyes unblenching, though the sun struck them.

From A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

So different from the unblenching child who loved to stand hatless and feel the rain-drops on her bare head!

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

Partly her unblenching courage was the product of a strong will in a splendid physical organization; partly, alas! it arose from a disregard of life, which she felt was worthless.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Should this sacred hold Of freedom, still inviolate, be assailed, The high, unblenching spirit which prevailed In ancient days, is neither dead nor cold.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

Many a martyr has gone unblenching to the stake for Christ, who had found it far harder to serve Him in common duties.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander