paleness
IPA: pˈeɪɫnʌs
noun
- The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color.
Advertisement
Examples of "paleness" in Sentences
- Next to this charming tenuity, perhaps her paleness was her most noticeable trait.
- Beyond a sign of wealth, paleness is held in high regard within circles of the hipsterdom's intellectual elite.
- Mr. Koonin said he was unlikely to alter the schedule much when Mr. O'Brien arrived, even on Wednesday night; Mr. O'Brien - who often mocks his own "paleness" - is not known for attracting black viewers.
- Mr. Geach has seen Malays when terrified turn pale and shake; and Mr. Brough Smyth states that a native Australian "being on one occasion much frightened, showed a complexion as nearly approaching to what we call paleness, as can well be conceived in the case of a very black man."
- Sicily more terrible, or did the sword that hung from the gilded cornice strike more dread into the princely neck beneath it, than the voice which whispers to the heart, 'We are going, going down a precipice,' and the ghastly inward paleness, which is a mystery, even to the wife of our heart?
Advertisement
Advertisement