How to Use pall in a Sentence

pall

noun
  • There’s a pall that’s been cast over the city.
    — Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Seven horse deaths cast a pall over the race the entire week.
    — C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2023
  • His world widened, and the pall of the pandemic seemed to lift.
    — Robert Moor, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The pall mall scene in the Bridgerton books is a fan favorite.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Mar. 2022
  • But a gloomy pall has been hung over the conference from the onset.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Even with a good outcome for Wellesley, the episode cast a pall.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But its fight with the Pentagon now casts a pall over that prospect.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The troubled Arm deal hasn’t put much of a pall on Nvidia’s stock.
    — Ian King and bloomberg, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Affleck gets the job done with stoical focus and a heavy pall of sorrow.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
  • That cast a pall over my intense and growing affection for her.
    — Ron Winters, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Tracers from air defense fire streaked through the air as a huge pall of black smoke rose into the sky.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • What a pall over the most holy week in the Christian calendar.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Post then played Sunday in a contest that was coated in a thick pall.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That's what made the pall cast over the Giants' opener all the more puzzling.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Seeing their leading rusher get carted off the field could have cast a pall over the team for weeks.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Paris is still under the gloomy pall of the coronavirus, but the city carries this off with élan.
    — Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The string of horse deaths cast a pall for some Derby goers on a mostly cloudy and warm day.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • The fall in Chinese chip stocks may cast a pall over the sector globally.
    — Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Walt’s art delights children, but the artist himself casts a pall on his family.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Still, an obvious pall hung over the team, and no one needed to ask why the atmosphere was so dire.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The pall of smoke above the valley obscured the stars at night and made the sun appear blood-orange during the day.
    — Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • The worst, however, cast a retroactive pall over an entire legacy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Many of the villagers now live under a pall of grief and fear, still trying to come to terms with the trauma of the attack.
    — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And in some ways, this is the saddest, grittiest, stoniest of the bunch, with a pall of closure over the whole film.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2021
  • No fans in the stands, the unseen threat of the coronavirus cast a heavy pall over the competition.
    — Robert Gauthier Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Horse deaths resulting from injuries sustained on prominent tracks have cast a pall over the sport.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • The allegations against Chavez have cast a pall over his legacy, and the fallout has been swift.
    — Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Museum representatives said the urn cast too big a pall over tours.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Despite the pall, Ukrainians have found ways to preserve affairs of the heart amid the clatter of war.
    — Jeff Stein, Samantha Schmidt and Kostiantyn Khudov, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The deaths linked to the antibody cast a pall over recent trial results largely seen as hopeful.
    — Bycharles Piller, science.org, 21 Dec. 2022

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