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Example sentences for "turned pale"

  • Then he turned pale, and betrayed the strongest signs of fear.

  • But the keen inquisitive gaze of his tormentor helped him to a superhuman effort of self-control; he turned pale, but his face remained inscrutable.

  • He turned pale, and hid his face in his hands.

  • Their sports displeased him; on one occasion when they tore the wings from a butterfly and laughed at its writhings, he frowned, turned pale, and went away.

  • He turned pale, and observed her silently, consternation in his eyes.

  • There was no doubt of it; this close contact with a police officer troubled him, and he turned pale and a quick spasm passed over his face.

  • His little girls, when he laughingly spoke of the cabaret where the waiters were dressed like undertakers' assistants, turned pale, and plump little Mme.

  • He picked up the papers, turned them over and over, became alarmed, turned pale.

  • Bigots and tyrants, who had never been moved by the wailing and cursing of millions, turned pale at his name.

  • He turned pale, frowned, and cried: "Take her to the senorita.

  • But at the appearance of the Carcajieu in the witness stand Kidd trembled and turned pale, muttering, "I am a lost man!

  • He turned pale, and large beads of perspiration formed on his brow and slowly trickled down.

  • He took it quite coolly; but when he saw at whose suit it was he turned pale.

  • Never," said the witness; but he turned pale.

  • Suaby, who had a horror of Burdoch, turned pale at the sight of the order, and took it to Rolfe.

  • When in her presence his burning blue eyes followed her every movement, and when she treated him disdainfully he turned pale.

  • Those of maturer years wore grave and sorrowful faces, and when, on passing through the great hall upon which opened the library and drawing-rooms he encountered the head butler, the man started back and actually turned pale.

  • The young scapegrace looking on, 'twas said, turned pale on hearing her and went into the crowd, asking questions.

  • The instant he beheld me, he turned pale, trembled, set down the lights, stood aghast for a moment, and then took to his heels.

  • Again he turned pale, and, as the blood smeared the floor, knew not I believe whether it was mine or his own.

  • The man stared, gaped, turned pale, and at last dropped down; overcome with his terrors.

  • A sickness of the stomach came over me: I turned pale, and was pushed forward by Hector before I had time to recover myself.

  • These words were so applicable to De Guiche that he turned pale, and, overcome by a sudden agitation, was barely able to stretch out one hand mechanically towards Raoul, as he covered his eyes and face with the other.

  • De Wardes trembled from head to foot, turned pale, but did not move.

  • She trembled, turned pale, and discovered how well she understood me, by a thousand more symptoms than I could take notice of, in a state of mind so very little different from her own.

  • Amelia, I observed, turned pale at these words, but eagerly begged him to proceed.

  • He turned pale, put on his hat, and followed her.

  • Eberhard tossed his chin in the air, turned pale, and was as silent as the tomb.

  • He blushed, turned pale, looked first at his mother, and then at Eleanore.

  • He turned pale, he trembled almost, as if he had been a woman listening to her lover's declaration.

  • Maurice, as she said, turned pale,--he clapped his hand to his breast.

  • Atossa, for the first time in her whole life, turned pale to the lips and trembled, for she already seemed to taste death in the air.

  • Zoroaster, astonished at the manner in which she spoke, turned pale, and looked down coldly at her beautiful face.

  • The princess is at hand," answered Zoroaster; but as he spoke, he turned pale to the lips.

  • Then he turned pale, but whatever were the words that rose to his lips, he did not speak them, but occupied himself with superintending the pitching of the women's tents.

  • He turned pale on seeing me on the other bank.

  • For a moment he turned pale; for a moment his lips parted, as if to detain me; but he checked the impulse, and said not a word.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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