Explore Blench through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pale or blanch. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blench in a sentence
Blench meaning
- To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
- To quail.
- To deceive; cheat.
Using Blench
- The main meaning on this page is: To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. | To quail. | To deceive; cheat.
- Useful related words include: pale, blanch, discolor, discolour.
- In the example corpus, blench often appears in combinations such as: and blench.
Context around Blench
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blench
- In this selection, "blench" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proposal, robust, williamson, 2006, 2000 and notes stand out and add context to how "blench" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are williamson blench 2000 kordofanian and as robust blench 2006 for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blench" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blench
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Further subbranching, however, has not been as robust; Blench (2006), for example, only accepts the A/B bifurcation of East Chadic. (21 words)
Example sentence: I know my son will blench when I tell him we need to consider him moving out and making his own way in the world. (27 words)
As further evidence for his proposal, Blench also cites ethnographic evidence such as musical instruments in Borneo shared in common with Austroasiatic-speaking groups in mainland Southeast Asia. (28 words)
Major clades The traditional branches and major languages of the Niger–Congo family are: Williamson & Blench (2000) * Kordofanian languages : spoken in southern central Sudan, around the Nuba Mountains (not a single family). (32 words)
Each of the proposed higher-order groups has been rejected by other researchers: Greenberg's Chari–Nile by Bender and Blench, and Bender's Core Nilo-Saharan by Dimmendaal and Blench. (31 words)
Sidwell & Blench (2011) discuss this proposal in more detail, and note that there is good evidence for a Khasi–Palaungic node, which could also possibly be closely related to Khmuic. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
Each of the proposed higher-order groups has been rejected by other researchers: Greenberg's Chari–Nile by Bender and Blench, and Bender's Core Nilo-Saharan by Dimmendaal and Blench.
Example sentence: I know my son will blench when I tell him we need to consider him moving out and making his own way in the world.
As further evidence for his proposal, Blench also cites ethnographic evidence such as musical instruments in Borneo shared in common with Austroasiatic-speaking groups in mainland Southeast Asia.
Further subbranching, however, has not been as robust; Blench (2006), for example, only accepts the A/B bifurcation of East Chadic.
Major clades The traditional branches and major languages of the Niger–Congo family are: Williamson & Blench (2000) * Kordofanian languages : spoken in southern central Sudan, around the Nuba Mountains (not a single family).
Roger Blench notes that the Gurage languages are highly divergent and wonders whether they might not be a primary branch, reflecting an origin of Afroasiatic in or near Ethiopia.
Sidwell & Blench (2011) discuss this proposal in more detail, and note that there is good evidence for a Khasi–Palaungic node, which could also possibly be closely related to Khmuic.
The extinct Meroitic language of ancient Kush has been accepted by linguists such as Rille, Dimmendaal, and Blench as Nilo-Saharan, though others argue for an Afroasiatic affiliation.
Common combinations with blench
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: