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When it comes to regional and nationalistic nomenclature, Dr. Kawahara said that these kinds of names “definitely, definitely” lead to a more emotionally valanced perception of species.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

The walls had been paneled with varnished pine board in which the knots shone luminously; Susan Marie’s curtains were of a clean, smooth yellow, tied off crisply behind careful bows, ruffled, valanced, and undertiered.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Before we were clear of the town, Henry turned, and as he glanced at the green valanced windows of the Hotel Averso he drew a long breath which was not quite a sigh.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The hands and the face were modelled in wax; and the figure stood upright, in some commanding posture, on a valanced platform above the tomb.

From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

An old set-stitch'd chair, valanced and fringed around with party coloured worsted bobs, stood at the bed's head, opposite to the side where my father's head reclined.—My uncle Toby sat him down in it.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence