I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
I paled and decided this was the end for me, but instead of a lynching I got a round of applause at the end.
In the chaos of evacuation, the question of whether or not Beethoven should be allowed to go to Vienna paled somewhat.
But that paled in comparison to the costs of a statewide campaign with an outlandish, gaffe-prone candidate.
Somehow those emails that had seemed so important last week paled to insignificance today.
For as if a cold gust of wind had passed over them, they all dwindled and paled.
Then they paled, and something like a panic grew in her eyes.
They paled, for the sun, who had lit them up, was coming to light the earth.
Her face went white, then flushed red, and then paled again.
He paled, and half raised the gauntleted hand in which he carried his whip.
early 14c., from Old French paile "pale, light-colored" (12c., Modern French pâle), from Latin pallidus "pale, pallid, wan, colorless," from pallere "be pale, grow pale," from PIE *pel- (2) "pale" (see pallor). Pale-face, supposed North American Indian word for "European," is attested from 1822.
early 13c. (c.1200 in Anglo-Latin), "stake, pole, stake for vines," from Old French pal and directly from Latin palus "stake, prop, wooden post," related to pangere "to fix or fasten" (see pact).
From late 14c. as "fence of pointed stakes;" figurative sense of "limit, boundary, restriction" is from c.1400. Barely surviving in beyond the pale and similar phrases. Meaning "the part of Ireland under English rule" is from 1540s, via sense of "territory held by power of a nation or people" (mid-15c.).
late 14c., "become pale; appear pale" (also, in Middle English, "to make pale"), from Old French paleir (12c.) or from pale (adj.). Related: Paled; paling.
adj,adj phr
Completely exhausted, esp by drugs or liquor; wasted (1970s+ Canadian teenagers)
