unblenching

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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

You know the truth of what I say; we have looked unblenching into this ever-possible catastrophe. 

From Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Bold the feet   That climb unblenching to that stern retreat   Whence, looking down, man knows himself but dust.

From Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verses by Wharton, Edith

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

"Your wife," she rejoined unblenching, though her heart beat wildly, furiously, in her bosom, and she feared, ah, how she feared!

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.