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- we chose a very pale pink for the walls of the room
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- after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner
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- a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of pale (Entry 2 of 2)
- the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt
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“Pale.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pale. Accessed 19 January 2020.
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The first known use of pale was in the 12th century
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