Paling

Examples

• Keep a civil tongue in your head, cried the young man, his face paling in anger, at the insulting tone of the sailor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The enterprising lady followed the mumming company through the gate in the white paling, and stood before the open porch. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I passed through the gap of the broken paling--I felt, while I disdained, the choaking tears--I rushed into the depths of the forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She saw the white paling about half a mile off; but he did not appear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In Paris, says Holland Rose, the star of Liberty was paling before Mercury, Mars, and Venus--finance, uniforms, and social charm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The paling was low, though he well remembered the time that it had seemed a high wall to him; and he looked over into the old garden. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She went forward to the palings and leant over them, looking at the moon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Beyond the irregular carpet of grass was a row of white palings, which marked the verge of the heath in this latitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He stood leaning over the palings in an indecisive mood for nearly a quarter of an hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In front of the white garden-palings the path branched into three like a broad arrow. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Thomasin came down when the apples were collected, and together they went through the white palings to the heath beyond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The palings of Rosings Park was their boundary on one side. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He had reached the white palings and laid his hand upon the gate when the door of the house opened, and quickly closed again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Our property does not reach an inch further than the white palings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• To look at the palings before the Yeobrights' house had the dignity of a necessary performance. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Typist: Sadie