palish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for palish
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.
    Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Beneath the bone, the pale, smooth tube of spinal cord is exposed.
    Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Signs your plants need attention include pale foliage, spindly new growth, and fewer new flowers.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.
    Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.
    Anne Higonnet, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • Smith’s skin took on a new color, one more pallid with a blue, purple undertone.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
  • Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
  • What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2019
Adjective
  • But, according to Bremer, preventing your under eyes from looking ashy is an important step too.
    Essence, Essence, 26 July 2025
  • The skin might also turn purple or blue in people with lighter skin tones or be gray or ashy in people with darker skin tones Vomiting or making gurgling noises.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Think rich and almost pasty for spot concealer and something light, fluid, and buildable for circles.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This lotion may be better suited as an overnight treatment than a quick daytime fix because of its pink hue and pasty texture.
    Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Palish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palish. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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