pallor

Example Sentences

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What has many rows of teeth, a terrifying set of jaws and a corpse-like pallor?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

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

Even miles outside the perimeter, many businesses in Maine's south opted for a self-imposed shutdown, casting an eerie pallor over the state.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

There’s something in his voice that makes me believe him, and the pallor on Fulvia’s face confirms it.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins