pallor

Example Sentences

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If you know anything about Burton’s movies, you know that they tend to feature characters who embody all the qualities of a sickly Victorian-era child: waifish, sunken doe-eye and gaunt faces with a deathlike pallor.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

Such is the pallor of grisly discoveries in Northern Ireland.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

A key problem is the lighting - a single overhead source, which gives the images a slightly garish sheen and each person's skin an unhealthy pallor.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

Here, too, the mood couldn’t have been more different from the year prior, when the slap cast a pallor on the celebration.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

His warm complexion had blanched to an ashy pallor, beads of sweat gleaming on his brow and cheeks.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros