In a few seconds she stretched herself out stiff, and turned up her eyes, while her cheeks, at once blanched and livid, assumed the aspect of death. Linton looked terrified.
Clothes may not make the man, but if your message is modernity and flexibility, they say more than reformer, a label blanched of meaning by its application to a parade of more traditional Saudi royals.
By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard.