The sole question that remained was how best to stanch the wound.

He was my stanch friend throughout the term of our joint service.

You might say so if all were as stanch as you, Councillor.

As usual, the Swiss Guard was stanch, but the French soldiers faltered.

You cannot stanch it, you cannot drain it, you cannot sweeten it.

But the Abaris seemed a stanch craft indeed, especially for an airship.

Mr. Mallery, you are a stanch upholder of the cause, I believe.

They found her stanch and tight, and seemingly as good as new.

So stanch a race was sure to be converted only very slowly.

It was a heavy, slow, but luckily a stanch and seaworthy boat.

Still he is stanch, and expects a boy to serve him faithfully.

We Carvels, Mr. Allen, have ever been stanch to Church and King.

Umbo stared at his palm, making no effort to stanch the bleeding.

Graham, at least, was stanch and steadfast, not a weathercock like Cutler.

But he's a splendid fellow, and to me was a stanch friend.

He was rather her stanch friend, her genial but most considerate companion.