unblenching

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After the cool, little handshake she vouchsafed him, Livingstone, finding that he could not stand the scrutiny of those quiet, unblenching eyes, threw himself on the child's mercy.

From Santa Claus's Partner by Page, Thomas Nelson

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

Lady Carnegie, in her own person, had looked upon death with unblenching front, and had disowned her only son because, in what appeared to others a trifle, he had opposed her law.

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah

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

She was quite silent; sunk there on her knees, motionless, and gazing straight, with eyes unblenching, at the light.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida