"Oh yes," said March; he remembered the fact; but he was still uncertain just what the convictions were that he had been so stanch for.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
As they began to bind her wound to stanch the bleeding, her eyelids fluttered and she groaned.
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
Her features were large, indeed, yet stanch and softened.
"The Crisis, Volume 7"
Winston Churchill