BLANCH in a Sentence
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28 example sentences for BLANCH, such as:
1. Tom blanched and dropped his eyes.
2. Their blanched faces shone in the dusk.
3. You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
4. The Iron Duke remained calm, but his lips blanched.
5. The girl blanched with fear at the sight of the snake.
2. Their blanched faces shone in the dusk.
3. You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
4. The Iron Duke remained calm, but his lips blanched.
5. The girl blanched with fear at the sight of the snake.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BLANCH
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blanch
v. cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 Villefort would probably have rather stood opposite the muzzle of a pistol at five-and-twenty paces than have heard this name spoken; but he did not blanch.
2 In fact, to get Wurmser, it sufficed to blanch the hair of Wellington.
3 I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched.
4 Well might she put the question: his face was blanched as her gown.
5 In a few seconds she stretched herself out stiff, and turned up her eyes, while her cheeks, at once blanched and livid, assumed the aspect of death.
6 Edgar sprang to his unbidden guest, blanched with astonishment and rage.
7 Carol saw that George Edwin Mott and the blanched Mr. and Mrs. Dawson were not yet hypnotized.
8 But blanched to a corpse's hue with despair, the Mate had stolen away.
9 He blanched like one who has come to the edge of a cliff at midnight and is suddenly made aware.
10 Their blanched faces shone in the dusk.
11 The Iron Duke remained calm, but his lips blanched.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
12 They looked on, vaguely blanched with the reflection of so much joy at this sweet swarming of the hives.
13 The twilight pallor of the sky blanched the earth, and the lane formed a livid line between two rows of dark bushes.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
14 Thinking to purge the city, the population is blanched like plants raised in cellars.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
15 Tom blanched and dropped his eyes.
Example Sentence:
1 Although age can blanch his hair, he is still vigorous and energetic.
2 You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
3 His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe's blood-drenched uniform.
4 The girl blanched with fear at the sight of the snake.
5 The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company's profits.