pallid

Example Sentences

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On the silver screen, it dazzles like few contemporary science fiction films do, opting for color over the pallid gray verisimilitude that often bogs down its peers.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

The lopsided scoreline was just reward for two-time European champions Chelsea, who were superior from the first whistle against a pallid Barcelona team.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Rusted metal frames and a blanket of pallid ash still sit within a few hundred feet from the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Around it are wide wastes, wan and cold, and meadows of asphodel, presumably strange, pallid, ghostly flowers.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton