BLENCH in a Sentence

Learn BLENCH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for BLENCH, such as:

1. At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
2. She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.
3. He started at every flash of lightning, and blenched at every roll of thunder.
4. And yet even this New York girl would blench at the idea of approaching total strangers in the streets with a poem.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLENCH
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blench
 v.  draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
Classic Sentence:
1  Let me behold thee then in thy bodily shape, if thou be'st indeed a fiend," replied the dying knight; "think not that I will blench from thee.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  The thunder had ceased outside, but the rain which had abated, suddenly came striking down, with a last blench of lightning and mutter of departing storm.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  He started at every flash of lightning, and blenched at every roll of thunder.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence:
1  And yet even this New York girl would blench at the idea of approaching total strangers in the streets with a poem.
2  At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
3  She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.