unblenching

Example Sentences

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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

With talents of the first order, and integrity unblenching, his character was not of that stern stuff—no, not of that corrupt stuff—of which modern ambition should be made.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria

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

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

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