unblenching

Example Sentences

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There was a pause during which Van Heldre gazed into his child’s unblenching eyes.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville

"Your wife," she rejoined unblenching, though her heart beat wildly, furiously, in her bosom, and she feared, ah, how she feared!

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

Should this sacred hold Of freedom, still inviolate, be assailed, The high, unblenching spirit which prevailed In ancient days, is neither dead nor cold.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

Partly her unblenching courage was the product of a strong will in a splendid physical organization; partly, alas! it arose from a disregard of life, which she felt was worthless.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Mistress Clorinda laughed, sitting straight in her saddle, her fine eyes unblenching, though the sun struck them.

From A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson