palish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for palish
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.
    Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Gachot fills them with springtime blooms like garden tulips, cherry blossoms, poppies, daffodils, and pale pink ranunculus.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The moisturizer itself is a creamy, dreamy texture with a pale pink color and subtle rose scent.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.
    Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.
    Anne Higonnet, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
  • What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2019
Adjective
  • Her flare-ups have left behind patches of hyperpigmentation where her skin is noticeably darker and ashy.
    Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 18 Apr. 2025
  • More to Read Dark, ashy wildfire sediment still sits on L.A beaches.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Think rich and almost pasty for spot concealer and something light, fluid, and buildable for circles.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This lotion may be better suited as an overnight treatment than a quick daytime fix because of its pink hue and pasty texture.
    Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Palish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palish. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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