Examples of paled

• But the scale here paled in comparison to the expenses associated with aeronautics.

• His point was simply that these conflicts paled in the face of the greater dimension of unanimity that he wished to illuminate.

• Everything paled, however, before the faces of the performers in the 'masks of disgrace' or 'bridles for shrews'.

• Moreover, since their novelties quickly paled, revivalists were condemned to a cycle of ever greater sensationalism to hold public attention.

• The desire to protect the $50 million invested in the island paled in comparison.

• Although there had been occasional and quite severe downturns in the decade after 1859, these paled in comparison to the sustained reduction in price levels after 1881.

• Moreover, although the older participants were faster than the younger ones even in the imagery condition, this advantage paled when compared to the very large differences in the nonimagery condition.

• In the longer term, the so-called silver inflation also contributed to the changes in the overall price level, but its impact paled in relation to that of debasements.

• The days of leisure motoring have paled almost into insignificance.

• But that change paled into insignificance compared with the next development.

• This is an age in which the missionary enthusiasm of the 19th century has now paled considerably.

• I am not suggesting that there were no losses, but their numbers paled into insignifiance compared with the losses suffered as a result of poor husbandry, bad weather and overstocking.

• When the doubters heard this, they became nervously deferential, paled, clasped their hands together, and backed away from their mats.

• This is the darkest of all of the pigment restricting patterns, and pigment is only paled at the warmest point in the body, the abdomen.

• The dynamics of the state had changed: the ancient states' population paled in comparison to that of the modern countries.