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

Fresh asparagus first gets a blanch, then an ice bath, before taking a relaxing soak in an old-fashioned tasting, bread-and-butter pickle type of marinade.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

But once you’ve plunked down hundreds or thousands of dollars for seats, maybe you don’t blanch at the idea of paying more to park than to fill your gas tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 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