pall
noun
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
palls
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pluralof pall.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The immediate damage is clear to see, with heavy palls of smoke hanging over the blackened and charred landscape, but a conservation expert said the long-term damage could take hundreds of years to repair.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
All the while, Israeli bombardment has boomed and raised palls of smoke.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Her work reminds us that true intimacy never palls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
If the mystery itself palls, you can always luxuriate in Haddish and her one-liners.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Chicago seemed an unreal city whose mythical houses were built of slabs of black coal wreathed in palls of gray smoke, houses whose foundations were sinking slowly into the dank prairie.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
