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Meanings of blench in English

Portuguese
empalidecer
Catalan
empal·lidir

Turn pale, as if in fear.

empalidecer
Synonyms
Examples for "pale"
Examples for "pale"
1
It was morning; dawn was old; and pale and grey and unhappy.
Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
2
He had gone quite pale and looked much older than his age.
The Clown
3
The sexton turned pale; the period named was so nearly the true.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
4
Very pale, of course, as the bleaching of the water accomplishes that.
Stonewielder
5
It lights the ruins and it is pale day in the desert.
Foes
1
Boil the sweetbreads, blanch them and let them fry in some butter.
The Belgian Cookbook
2
Bless their wigs; I should like to see them make me blanch.
Capitola the Madcap
3
The scale of Gabrielle Warnock's garden project would make even Candide blanch.
The Irish Times
4
I felt my face blanch, and the skin tighten over my cheeks.
The Young Forester
5
Then proceed as above, only blanch the kernels and keep them whole.
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss ...
Usage of blench in English
1
To avoid discipline and to blench at pain is to evade life.
Preaching and Paganism
2
Did love demand it, love, though it might blush, would not blench.
Hints for Lovers
3
She did not blench, but looked him steadily in the eyes.
The World for Sale, Volume 1.
4
And he set his teeth when he saw that Perris did not blench.
Alcatraz
5
As I knew he meant me no bodily harm, I did not blench.
The Red Planet
6
But he neither for that, nor for aught else would blench one whit.
Old French Romances, Done into English
7
Said an old warrior: If that be so, Thiodolf, wilt thou blench twice?
The House of the Wolfings / A Tale of the House of the Wolfings ...
8
I thought that he would blench, but he did not.
Under the Red Robe
9
Why blench if your conscience accuses you of no fault?
The Prime Minister
10
Bookkeeper (sternly-tragically): "In the bridegroom's pile!-beholdthe thief-see him blench and tremble!"
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
11
Whatever comes, I will not blench from the truth.
Ruth
12
He did not blench when Mazarine came towards him.
Wild Youth, Volume 2.
13
Musa got closer to Mr. Ziegler, who did not blench nor cease from his humming.
The Lion's Share
14
But she did not blench in the least, though she remembered whose words he was quoting.
T. Tembarom
15
Yet they made every churchman there blench, and the preacher changed the subject with all haste.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
16
She would not even blench at my questions.
The Old Stone House and Other Stories
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Translations for blench
Blench through the time