pale horse

Example Sentences

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Aaron Rodgers stood on the other sideline, and from the Niners’ perspective, he may as well have been sitting on a pale horse.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021

Gold miners are saved from corporate villains by the miracle of a mysterious preacher on a pale horse.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2019

With the penultimate episode ending with Arya riding out of the ruins of King’s Landing on a pale horse, death could be coming for Daenerys in a very literal way.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2019

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name was Death, and Hell followed him. "

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016

Death, mounted on his pale horse, seemed to ride triumphant; there was but a step between the people in the city and the tomb.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy