Pale Horse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Pale Horse
First recorded in 1640–50; after the Biblical pale horse on which Death rides (Revelation 6:8)
Example Sentences
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Its founder, Chris Russo, was seen driving Fuentes to the Friday meeting at Pale Horse Strategies.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023
The Maxwell book is a good example, but also, in Katherine Anne Porter’s Pale Horse, Pale Rider, she is haunted in her dreams.
From Slate ● May 3, 2020
One book, called "Behold a Pale Horse," written in 1991 by William Cooper, says that the limousine driver, a secret service agent, shot Kennedy.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 26, 2017
In 1961, Pressburger wrote a novel called Killing a Mouse on Sunday, which was made into a 1964 film called Behold a Pale Horse.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2012
This view is embodied in the celebrated painting "Death on the Pale Horse," in which death is represented as going forth with war, pestilence, famine, and wild beasts, to ravage the Roman empire.
From The Revelation Explained by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)
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