paler
- comparative of pale.
Example Sentences
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In general, leopards living in open habitats tend to be larger and paler, while those in forested areas are often smaller and darker.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
By then, Thyri, paler than usual, couldn’t crawl or stand up on her own, James said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
Icing will turn a paler shade and thicken.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024
Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his longtime publisher, Random House, he is thinner, paler, scarred and blind in his right eye.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
Her face turned even paler than marble and her eyes were stretched so wide I could see the whites all around them.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
