The man, bound hand and foot, paled, but gave no other sign he feared his fate. |
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The young man's face paled beneath his vivid freckles, and he picked up a pair of fire tongs. |
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Lori's face paled, and she gripped the edge of the table tightly, the corners jabbing into her palms. |
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Christopher paled and then flushed full-face, glaring down at the circled article. |
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All of a sudden his face paled, as though some part of his being suddenly evaporated. |
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She paled as they suddenly stopped, and I feared that she would faint, for it had to be hurting her as much as it was me, if not more. |
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The young woman paled, her expression stricken as she looked down at his daughter. |
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That, too, paled next to his description of a man who feared he had transmitted HIV to his Boston terrier. |
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As much as he enjoyed his career, it paled into insignificance beside the love he felt for his family. |
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Of course, her strained silence, paled skin, shaking hands and lowered eyes did not betray her feelings. |
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Juen heard a stifled breath and she turned around, Kumma's face had paled immensely and his fist was clenched in the soft material of the pillow. |
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It got to such a pitch that all other Olympic rivals paled into insignificance. |
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Buddy's eyes grew wide, his face paled, and his ears flushed a deep, hot red. |
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The afterglow of the pleasurable activity paled in comparison with the effects of the kind action. |
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She gasped, her skin paled as she covered her gaping mouth and she backed away. |
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When this horizon paled, far-torn from light, with feeble hope of dawn your gaze alone could wake the morn. |
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I noticed how he paled and saw traces of fear in his eyes even if he masked them skillfully. |
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Sam's face paled even more, his pallidness contrasting violently with his raven hair. |
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Also, standing beside the life-sized model of Angus, my ampleness paled into insignificance. |
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He smiled over at Marietta, then his face paled and he froze, seeing Marietta's rounded stomach and radiant face. |
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The hand looked as though it had once been suntanned, but after years of confinement, had paled. |
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The old man paled and bowed quickly to his lord and master then rushed off to do the hateful task. |
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Rachel actually paled, her chest tightening with a surprising torrent of fear as well as an emotion she could not recognize. |
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Matt studied her silently, and it shocked me to see that she paled under his gaze. |
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In a moment, and as if by magic, all other issues of national crisis paled into insignificance. |
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Both of those paled into insignificance in comparison to episode three, though. |
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What had been a promising start soon paled for the Reivers, and when flanker Matt Taylor was taken off injured, the writing was on the wall. |
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Sylvie's face has paled, she feels as if she's been struck, been wounded, though not by her daughter's abrupt departure. |
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If the film received favorable reviews on initial release, that praise paled in comparison to word-of-mouth buzz following a real nuclear accident. |
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She didn't really mean this of course, but felt some satisfaction as it had the desired effect, and Zack paled in a combination of fear and anger. |
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Everybody booed Wal-Mart. Alas for labour, such firebreathing paled in the face of the AFL-CIO's own troubles. |
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This was certainly good food by Tudor standards but it paled compared to the sumptuous meals served to the more senior courtiers, such as the gentlemen of the privy chamber. |
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Darcy's face paled and her green eyes flashed with restrained emotion. |
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The girl paled slightly as the barbarian untied her from the bedpost and flung her, sacklike, over his shoulder. |
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The rest paled into insignificance compared with the off-field activities of Cantona, who briefly went berserk four minutes after half-time. |
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Sitting upright, his knuckles paled as he clenched the bedcover firmly. |
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Compared to the previous year, the sector's financial performance paled even more. |
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Nevertheless, the diversity of the American army paled in comparison to the eclectic French forces. |
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By 1912, Royal Bank's 39 Ontario branches paled in comparison to the 104 of the front running Toronto-based Traders Bank of Canada. |
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The France 1998 exit paled in comparison to the losses of both his mother and sister that very same year. |
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But those problems paled in comparison to the one we encountered when we took our measurements. |
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This is one of the town's two watchtowers which still sports a paled gate weighing two tons. |
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As the dark races swept across the continent, any previous wars Fiara had seen paled in comparison. |
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Gradually the stars paled and the first shafts heralding a new day shot across the sky. |
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Yet this list paled in comparison to the laundry list Newt laid out for his future. |
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I paled and decided this was the end for me, but instead of a lynching I got a round of applause at the end. |
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In the chaos of evacuation, the question of whether or not Beethoven should be allowed to go to Vienna paled somewhat. |
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But that paled in comparison to the costs of a statewide campaign with an outlandish, gaffe-prone candidate. |
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Somehow those emails that had seemed so important last week paled to insignificance today. |
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Chloe wavered dangerously on her camel as her face paled even more. |
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Too silly and too scripted, those segments paled in comparison to the ones that Handler helmed solo. |
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Thirteen under par may have paled in comparison with the exploits of Tiger Woods and a number of others but it is still a decent score on a golf course measuring 7,246 yards. |
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Robert spun around and paled at the sight of the girl's triumphant grin. |
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They paled and backed away quickly, and he shouldered past them. |
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Bridget paled with fright, but looked at her cousin sternly. |
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Similar in height to his friend, the two paled in comparison to height of their third companion, a tall statuesque woman with whom black was a predominant color. |
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Georgi Malenkov, in the chair, paled for fear that the other members would not instantly stand up to protest and demand that the request be denied. |
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And just like that, five hours in line paled before thirty seconds of very genuine warmth from a man who, by the end of the night, had signed for a thousand people. |
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Housing markets in Quebec have enjoyed a steady rise in the past several years, but the vigour and price appreciation paled in comparison to the sizzle in the west. |
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The abduction of little more than 10 Japanese citizens paled into insignificance in comparison with the grave crimes committed against Korea by Japan. |
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Capitalism overpowered feudalism, not because the latter's productivity had become stagnant but because it paled compared to the productivity of capitalist production. |
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Such a coat of arms thereby becomes, of course without badges of the order of St. Lazarus which are entitled only to the real order members, in the family of the coat of arms acquirer paled. |
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The hardships of living paled before the blows of death. |
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I started to view carpeting more and more as a Petri dish and whatever level of comfort it brought paled in comparison with what I perceived as its dangers. |
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A day of action is paled by a year of misery. |
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Indeed, for the six-goal striker herself, the satisfaction she felt at securing the adidas Silver Shoe paled in comparison to her delight at proving that reports of her team's demise had been greatly exaggerated. |
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He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said. |
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Minutiae over latitude degrees paled in insignificance with the excitement of the new discoveries revealed in the letters. |
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I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut. |
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I was the most beautiful and the strongest tree in the forest and now you have come, my beauty has paled with the weight of your questions and my strength is weakened by your naivety. |
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All three have presided over a pro-union campaign that, for all the good will of its activists, has paled in comparison with the colour and energy of its opponent. |
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The old saw that stocks climb a wall of worry has been evident in Canada, as modest year-to-date TSX gains have paled relative to the stream of upbeat earnings news. |
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When Havel wanted to take him as a guest-performer to Bill Clinton's White House at the height of the Monica Lewinski scandal, aides paled at the prospect. |
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Yet the surprise at a player from Mexico's second tier firing his way to such a lofty position paled in comparison to the bemusement that followed Botero's recent retirement from international football. |
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As the Cold War entered a chillier period, other bilateral relationships paled in significance compared with the importance of Canada's relations with the United States. |
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