Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Undaunted; unflinching.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not daunted or disconcerted; unconfounded.
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Examples
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'She passes on in unblenched majesty,' said Lady Delacour.
Belinda 1801
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And alas, for the sword that swung then, unscabbarded, by each man's side and for the knee that never bent to any and for the fearless eyes that watched unblenched while the gods lamed each other with their lightnings in the thunder-shaken storm!
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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When the chariot rolled away, he looked at her as she sat erect in the early morning light, as unblenched, bright and untouched in bloom as if she had that moment risen from her pillow and washed her face in dew.
A Lady of Quality 1896
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In accursed places; beheld, unblenched, the ribbon of light {1i}
Ballads Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He sat there unblenched and apparently unmoved, though it was plain that he was intensely watchful and ready.
The Prairie Chief 1859
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Piety never more decisively asserts its celestial birth than when it stands unblenched under the frown of the persecutor, or calmly awaits the shock of death.
The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854
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"She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour.
Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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By grots and caverns shagged with horrid shades, nay, in the midst of every tremendous assailant, "might pass on with unblenched majesty," uninjured and invulnerable.
Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin 1796
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Evandale; “he is tottering on the verge between time and eternity, a situation more appalling than the most hideous certainty; yet his is the only cheek unblenched, the only eye that is calm, the only heart that keeps its usual time, the only nerves that are not quivering.
Old Mortality 2004
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[Illustration: IMPERIAL NOSEGAY.] "May it please your excellency," responded the men, firmly and with unblenched faces, "we ran away, it is true; but we are not cowards.
The Land of Thor 1848
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