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• Over those seamed cheeks there was a certain pallor, a grayness caught from many a vigil.1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry seamed
• The earthworm, the koraning cicadas, the sun now the pallor of kavika, the starapples ripening against an olive sky.1997 [1994], Sudesh Mishra, “Lila”, in Wasafiri, volume 12, number 25, Routledge, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37. From the entry kavika
• Her cheeks were a hideous blotchwork of flush and pallor, and there were great blackened hollows under her grit-sealed eyes.1983, Norman Spinrad, The Void Captain's Tale. From the entry blotchwork
• His strong skin was of the Norse snow-fed pallor that no sun ever tanned, no adolescence ever blotched.1934, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 1, in Work of Art. From the entry blotch
• The feature that struck me most forcibly was the strange hue of their skin, a repulsive, unhealthy pallor, a seeming bloodlessness.1933, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 9, in Lost on Venus. From the entry bloodlessness
• While in general not of a serious nature, it was indicated by loss of weight, pallor, and general loss of tone.1920, Washington Institute of Medicine, New York Medical Journal, MD Publications, page 909. From the entry overconcentrated
• A kind of dark pallor lent him a ghostly appearance in the uncertain light, an effect heightened by the satanic darkness of his lowering brows.2013, Robert E Howard, Red Shadows, →ISBN. From the entry lowering
• Judging from the panicked look and white pallor on Pinky's face, I'd just put him between ye olde rock and ye olde harde place.2012, Richard Marcinko, Seal Force Alpha, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry ye olde
• The preejection phase is characterized by licking, salivation, pallor, and changes in visceral function such as tachycardia and the relaxation of the proximal stomach.1995, Robert M. Bradley, Essentials of oral physiology, page 231. From the entry preejection
• He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips.1994, Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood. From the entry deathsome
• The first windflowers were out, and all the wood seemed pale with the pallor of endless little anemones, sprinkling the shaken floor.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter VIII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 101. From the entry windflower
• The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry ivorylike
• She walked quietly with apparent composure and lowered head but her pallor betrayed her mortal fear – her skin glowed almost nacrous in the warm rose of the flambeaux.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 955. From the entry flambeau
• He had no hair on the front of his head at all so that the sweep of bone skin, daunting in its fungoid pallor, came right over above his ears.1955, William Golding, Faber & Faber 2005, p. 142. From the entry fungoid

Meaning of pallor

1. noun Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.

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Questions about pallor in a sentence

How do you use pallor in a sentence?

Pallor is used as a noun. For example: “Over those seamed cheeks there was a certain pallor, a grayness caught from many a vigil.”

What is a short sentence with pallor?

“pallor of the complexion”

What does pallor mean?

Pallor means unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.