palled; palling
: to be or become pals : associate as pals
they've palled around for years
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
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Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
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Spencer said that vibe came out of a band — which has been filled with Tweedy family pals including members of Finom — at liberty to muck about with the arrangements.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Two days before Andy’s adventure, Bob White, the Aurora, Illinois, outdoor editor for the Copley Press newspaper organization, had come up to open the nine-day season with his hunting pal Norm Green of New Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Travis Kelce and her pal Selena Gomez’s wedding.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Our clients are Maya Richards (Bridge Barrera) and Georgia Brant (Lydia Pentz), two high-school drama-class pals who threw an after-hours party at their theater, which then went up in flames.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Spencer said that vibe came out of a band — which has been filled with Tweedy family pals including members of Finom — at liberty to muck about with the arrangements.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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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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