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verb

past tense of pale

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of paled
Verb
But all of that paled next to seeing him in person Friday, when Cox stood from his wheelchair and waved from a private suite to a standing ovation from Braves fans and members of his 1995 World Series championship team, who were standing on the infield after being introduced before him. David O'Brien, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025 The gamble paled in comparison to the hand their newest subject, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, went all-in on in the oil fields. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025 But the payment of the policies paled in significance to when the policies were issued. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 But Gamble, Jackson and Peppers put up offensive numbers that paled in comparison to Hunter’s video-game-like production. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paled
Adjective
  • Formed as clusters of pale purple crystal glass, the original chandelier used to adorn the entrance to the banquet hall in the Main Building.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At the corner of Central Avenue and Reserve Street stands a pale yellow basin ringed with silver taps.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the screams faded away, Monica Santana and Maria Lema, who had driven down from Waukegan to scream, peeled off.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The legal sands shifted in the weeks and months after they were formally charged and days of demonstrations protesting his death faded out.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.
    Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The coral, now bleached, is alive, but slowly starving.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The only thing not bleached was, luckily, his face.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Chorizo, shrimp, clams, and corn soak in a rich beer-and-butter broth, brightened with lemon and parsley to deliver all the flavor of a hands-on boil without the mess.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There’s much, much more to the culture, of course, and there are positive and negative associations with ultras around Germany and beyond, but this was another occasion brightened by their work.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025

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