blanches

Example Sentences

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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

Hearn coats mild Japanese catfish with a tempura-style beer batter and serves the paprika-seasoned fish with fries that he soaks, steams and blanches twice in hot oil.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2020

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

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

My memories grow unnervingly brighter: The room blanches into the light of summer, stripped of the consolation of darkness as I wake on a July morning in 1985.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2019

Once the door is closed and she turns to face me, my guess is she can see my shock, because she blanches.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone