blanches

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They arrive at the rustic Strawberry Lodge and as he’s about to propose, he blanches and falters, instead revealing that he’s invited their group of friends to celebrate Bianca’s birthday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Per blanches, and then laughs, remembering the signposts he had seen earlier: “Take notice of the echo!”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

Marcus blanches at a quail-egg parfait, and his eyes just about roll out of his head when someone at his table inquires about dishes that play with the concept of time.

From Slate • May 30, 2019

Bayasgalan blanches at the idea of locking up Mongolia's land; the notion of open grasslands where herders and animals roam freely is, to her and many others, the country's essence.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 30, 2019

Adam blanches at this sudden reality check and Brooke raises her eyebrows in a stern rebuke.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman