blanch
Example Sentences
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“Reporter-source relationships can be tricky, of course, and many journalists would blanch to see their correspondence with sources made public,” she added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
“We didn’t blanch at the cost to come to The Mather.”
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
This was solidified for me after crossing a threshold that some West Coast purists would blanch at breaching — going to a Rick Bayless restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
We know them so well, which is why when the series depicts the original trio acting inexplicably or out of character, viewers blanch.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023
Some of the professional photographers, seeing him load a flash gun, would blanch, mutter, and hasten from the room.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.