pall
noun
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
pall-like
-
a word derived from
pall.
Example Sentences
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Gray haze hangs pall-like over Punjab’s homes, mosques, schools, streets and farmland.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
Over the battlefront hangs, pall-like, a colorless deadly plaid woven of beamless rays that no airplane can pierce.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dun banks of smoke hung pall-like over the city.
From A Question of Marriage by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A broad cloud, pall-like, threatening, which had mounted unnoticed by the girl, blotted out the light of the stars, as if to hide from alien eyes some unlovely secret of the wilds.
From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Before them was a pall-like darkness and the endless patter of rain.
From The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
