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.
'pale' example sentence:
- She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's.
- She was morose, pale, and reticent.
- Her skin is pale, the texture of fine wax.
- He was listless and pale and wouldn't eat much.
- Bob looked pale and sullen.
- At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey.
- Pale colours are much more in vogue than autumnal bronzes and coppers.
- She paled visibly at the news.
- The pale light of early dawn slanted in through the window.
- Strong colours would flatter her pale skin and dark hair.
- Her face was deathly pale.
- Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
- She looked pale and sickly.
- Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.
- The sofa would be less obtrusive in a paler colour.
- In the gaslight she looked paler than ever.
- She paled visibly at the sight of the police car.
- During his second day Edward looked even more pale and quiet than on his first.
- Her face was taut and pale.
- The freckles on Joanne's face suddenly stood out darkly against her pale skin.
- Kate still looks pale and underfed.
- The sea is an improbably pale turquoise.
- This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
- Rachel looked pale and weary.
- He looked pale and unshaven.
- Bernadette turned deathly pale.
- She could see the imprint of her fingers on his pale face.
- She looked pale and tired.
- Her own problems paled into insignificance beside this terrible news.
- The paper on the walls was pale gold, embossed with swirling leaf designs.
- The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture.
- Migrating birds filled the pale sky.
- The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.
- Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes, and very pale skin.
- The walls were covered with a pale yellow wash.
- The bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.
- The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red.
- A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.
- She was looking pale and thin.
- The moon's pale light cast soft shadows.
- Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
- My complexion remained pale and pasty.
- People with pale complexions should avoid wearing light colours.
- The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn.
- He was pale and a bit haggard.
- This latest production is a pale imitation of the original.
- Veins showed through her pale skin.