pale
[peɪl]
Definition:
1. A wooden strip forming part of a fence.
2. Light in colour; containing a lot of white.
3. Turn pale, as if in fear.
Use 'pale' in a sentence:
- 1. She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's.
- 2. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
- 3. Her skin is pale, the texture of fine wax.
- 4. He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat much.
- 5. Bob looked pale and sullen.
- 6. At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey.
- 7. Pale colours are much more in vogue than autumnal bronzes and coppers.
- 8. She paled visibly at the news.
- 9. The pale light of early dawn slanted in through the window.
- 10. Strong colours would flatter her pale skin and dark hair.
- 11. Her face was deathly pale.
- 12. Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
- 13. She looked pale and sickly.
- 14. Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.
- 15. The sofa would be less obtrusive in a paler colour.
- 16. In the gaslight she looked paler than ever.
- 17. She paled visibly at the sight of the police car.
- 18. During his second day Edward looked even more pale and quiet than on his first.
- 19. Her face was taut and pale.
- 20. The freckles on Joanne's face suddenly stood out darkly against her pale skin.
- 21. Kate still looks pale and underfed.
- 22. The sea is an improbably pale turquoise.
- 23. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
- 24. Rachel looked pale and weary.
- 25. He looked pale and unshaven.
- 26. Bernadette turned deathly pale.
- 27. She could see the imprint of her fingers on his pale face.
- 28. She looked pale and tired.
- 29. Her own problems paled into insignificance beside this terrible news.
- 30. The paper on the walls was pale gold, embossed with swirling leaf designs.
- 31. The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture.
- 32. Migrating birds filled the pale sky.
- 33. The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.
- 34. Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes, and very pale skin.
- 35. The walls were covered with a pale yellow wash.
- 36. The bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.
- 37. The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red.
- 38. A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.
- 39. She was looking pale and thin.
- 40. The moon's pale light cast soft shadows.
- 41. Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
- 42. My complexion remained pale and pasty.
- 43. People with pale complexions should avoid wearing light colours.
- 44. The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn.
- 45. He was pale and a bit haggard.
- 46. This latest production is a pale imitation of the original.
- 47. Veins showed through her pale skin.