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paling

adjective as in fading

Strongest matches

noun as in picket

noun as in railing

noun as in rail/railing

noun as in stake

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Example Sentences

Soon the balloon, taking an oblique ascent, hovered over the darkened landscape, and the paling lights also disappeared.

Richard danced till the morn was paling, despite two great welts on his forehead.

Towards the end of May, one lovely evening, we happened both to be out on opposite sides of the paling, both walking slowly.

In one corner lay a heap of wood, apparently part of an old paling.

Alternately flushing and paling, Xenie stared at him, still clasping the little child to her wildly beating heart.

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On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to paling, such as: dying, hazy, evanescent, and growing dimmer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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