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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of blench.

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Examples

  • Gabriel now, as his eye rested full upon that threatening brow and those burning eyes, was convinced that he saw before him the terrible Pierre Guillot, whose very name blenched his father's cheek.

    Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Gabriel now, as his eye rested full upon that threatening brow and those burning eyes, was convinced that be saw before him the terrible Pierre Guillot, whose very name blenched his father's cheek.

    Lucretia — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Her lips at length became blenched and her eye dim; yet she spoke not of any desire to see a priest, until Elspeth Glendinning in her zeal could not refrain from touching upon a point which she deemed essential to salvation.

    The Monastery 2008

  • The Prince of Noirbourg bade his beleaguered lieutenant not to lose heart: he himself never for a moment blenched in this trying hour of danger.

    The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

  • Valenso blenched and Zarono swore, while Strom grinned quietly.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Valenso blenched and Zarono swore, while Strom grinned quietly.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • He started at every flash of lightning, and blenched at every roll of thunder.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

  • She sat with a pale, blenched face, and tears in her eyes.

    Kangaroo 2004

  • Then the eastern sky blenched, and there was a small gathering of clouds round the opening gates:

    The Trespasser 2003

  • In every age, in every clime, she is dear, at any rate to the masculine soul, this soft, tear-blenched, blonde, ill-used thing.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

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