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
The plague in Death in Venice is an avatar of death in general, the terrible mystery, the pale horse; it is something that strips away vanity and reveals unpalatable truths.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2020
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
"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
