pale

Example Sentences

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Initial signs of frostbite can include numbness, pain, and skin appearing red or pale, according to the NHS.

From BBC

But up there where my neck craned to see, above the crazy roofs and crooked chimneys, was a square of pale pearl sky.

From Literature

And that’s certainly what she looked like when I first saw her, so shriveled and weak and vulnerable, her skin pale and paper-thin over her cheekbones, her hair creamy white against the pillows.

From Literature

She was flushed, but underneath that, paler than death.

From Literature

The lips weren’t black, like a proper wolf’s, but pale; and the ears were pale too – and they didn’t move at all.

From Literature