The conditions of the boy's birth were so traumatic that our health visitors visibly blanch whenever they see his notes and, because of this, he steadfastly refuses to be apart from us.
But I was also struck by the hardiness of this pre-suffragette, pre-Gore-Tex woman who didn't blanch at 4am alarm calls, 20-mile hikes and still dressing for dinner.
The rigorous new examination for 16-year-olds will require them to be able to tenderise, marinate, blanch, poach, fry and braise – as well as make their own pasta, choux pastry, bread and tagine.
Drop in the washed spinach, blanch for 10 seconds, then drain and cool in iced water.
And he dislikes parents who blanch at spending $200 on reading programmes but give their children $500 sneakers.Good on Mr Cosby.
The long-term goal is to double the number of American outlets to 15,000 not least by opening coffee shops along highways and to have an equal number abroad.No doubt the coffee snobs will blanch at the prospect.
He is a confidant of Mr Blair, but he will want to be sure that there is some chance of changing the prime minister's mind on reform before accepting the job if it is offered.Old Labour members of Mr Blair's party will blanch at such open courting of the Lib Dems.
Such questions make their advisers in the province blanch.
Historians of the Great Depression would blanch at that—some of the worst damage to the economy in 1932-1933 was done because a lame-duck Democratic Congress sent mixed signals about balancing the budget and lending laws.
The line that Romney is a flip-flopper may vastly understate the depth of the condition.This might make conservative die-hards blanch.
China has just said it will subsidise makers of compact fluorescent light-bulbs, which are four or five times more efficient than the cheaper incandescent sort.Other governments blanch at bribing people to do something that is already in their interest.
