pallid
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Perhaps the production was so focused on making sure all the actors looked pallid, and every scene lifeless, that they forgot to add the thrills and chills.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The work depicts a group of characters who find themselves trapped in a warren of bizarrely laid-out rooms resembling empty offices, illuminated by a pallid yellow light.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
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
She spent interminable hours staring at the pallid landscape that stretched out before her window.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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