Young lovers were pale and anaemic beside that long-married pair.

"I can use the stones to some small de-gree, but pale indeed beside the true wielder."

Such details, while important, pale beside the political imperative of saving Alstom and its jobs.

His eyes were pale beside the reddish bronze of his skin.

But the pecadilloes of the script pale beside the acting.

I have read notable pages that brought conviction pale beside that which stole about the room from what he said.

But all pale beside one that appeared last week: the invention of sliced bread.

Revenge, even harbored resentments, seemed very pale and weak beside pleasure.

This seems pale and abstract beside his colorful observations on crowd behavior.

The candle flared, a yellow glow pale beside her hand.