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unblenched

[ uhn-blencht ]

adjective

Archaic.


unblenched

/ ʌˈɛԳʃ /

adjective

  1. obsolete.
    undismayed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of unblenched1

First recorded in 1625–35; un- 1 + blench 1 + -ed 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of unblenched1

C17: from un- 1+ blench 1
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Example Sentences

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Only Macaulay's "schoolboy" would probably be found to enter upon it with unblenched countenance, and to accomplish it successfully.

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It can gaze unblenched and unamazed into the awful face of evil.

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Now I tread these floors with a proud step, and meet your eye with unblenched brow, because it is necessary to show you that in defence of my opinions I feel neither fear nor guilt—but when I walk from this place into the wilderness of the world, my steps will falter and my face will pale, because my path will lie over the grave of my child.'

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Ah! how many there are, who dare unseen dangers, who even meet the reality of peril with flashing eye, a fevered cheek, and brow unblenched, but who, in the dread pause between plan and action, quail at the loud beating of their own hearts!

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He was erect, defiant, and unblenched.

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