blenches

And since he blenches away from the charge against these same revellers, consider if he may not have some good reason more than he cares to utter for letting the matter sleep.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

As he blenches and turns away, and my heart stands still.

Monologue of a Mother David Herbert 1916

In this rough world men must be prepared for fortune's buffets -- and shame to him that blenches, say I-- but when through us Fate strikes those we fain would shelter, methinks it is another matter.

The Honourable Mr. Tawnish Jeffery Farnol 1915

When the sun's rays slant down upon your grate, then the fire blanches and blenches, cowers, crumbles, and collapses.

Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914

"He blenches not! he blenches not!" cried Rebecca.

The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907

As he blenches and turns away, and my heart stands still.

Amores Poems 1907

` ` He blenches not! he blenches not! '' said Rebecca,

Ivanhoe 1892

The soul of the new comer blenches and shivers occasionally as he contemplates the grisly, crazy scene, and thinks of all that menaces the women at home.

The Subterranean Brotherhood Julian Hawthorne 1890

"The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders, -- these are the masters of victory."

Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Orison Swett Marden 1887

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders, -- these are the masters of victory.

How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Orison Swett Marden 1887