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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having pale or dim eyes.

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Examples

  • I made a point of getting there early, and Iris, a sleek, pale-eyed weimaraner, was beside herself with gratitude.

    Hi-Ya! Jason Henry McCormick 2010

  • Ruby had been told ahead of time who it would be, but she still felt her heart quicken at the sight of pale-eyed, jowly Bill Klem.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Ruby had been told ahead of time who it would be, but she still felt her heart quicken at the sight of pale-eyed, jowly Bill Klem.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Ruby had been told ahead of time who it would be, but she still felt her heart quicken at the sight of pale-eyed, jowly Bill Klem.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Crusher turned to face a tall, pale-eyed, dusky-skinned woman.

    Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009

  • Our protagonist is one Alice Hotwire, who looks a bit like a white-haired, pasty-skinned, pale-eyed Christina Ricci in a pretty cool outfit and with some high-tech gadgetry.

    Review: Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #1 2009

  • Crusher turned to face a tall, pale-eyed, dusky-skinned woman.

    Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009

  • Two pale-eyed girls with ironed blond hair walk behind, hissing into cells or writing in little books.

    Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

  • Tinker or "Tinceard" in Gaelic, referred to the tin pots and cooking pans that, until only a few years ago, were mended and peddled by the freckly, pale-eyed Celtic nomads.

    Excerpt: Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran 2005

  • Even her black hair and dark eyes marked her as different here in this city of fair-haired, pale-eyed people.

    Sun of Suns 2006

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