palled; palling
: to be or become pals : associate as pals
they've palled around for years
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Examples of pal in a Sentence
Noun
We've been pals since we were kids.
Come on—be a pal and lend me the money.
Verb
they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
Recent Examples on the Web
Simon Usborne, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
The Australian actor is a longtime pal of Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
According to the photo agency Backgrid, Johnson wore her fall coat while grabbing a bite to eat following a visit from her longtime pal, Jeremy Allen White.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2024
Mack’s neighborhood pals included hip-hop peers Biz Markie and EPMD’s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Corbi’s client, a business mogul and avid watersports fan, saw a dual use for his moat and plans to use it as a race track for his alpha pals, too.
—Simon Usborne, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
The Australian actor is a longtime pal of Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
According to the photo agency Backgrid, Johnson wore her fall coat while grabbing a bite to eat following a visit from her longtime pal, Jeremy Allen White.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2024
Mack’s neighborhood pals included hip-hop peers Biz Markie and EPMD’s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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pal
1 of 2 noun
: a close friend
pal
2 of 2 verb
palled; palling
: to be or become pals
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