Definition of "blenching" []

• Present participle of blench. (verb)

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• "It will come as little comfort to many motorists blenching at the pumps today at having to pay 130p or more a litre to fill up their cars with unleaded petrol, but the surge in the price of oil may not all be bad news."
• "Few there were who could look up on Ariakas's face without blenching."
• "Senators Joe Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Ken Salazar (D-CO) plan to campaign in Connecticut for Lieberman between now and the primary, in hopes of reassuring the Democratic faithful of his apparently blenching loyalty to the party."