Verb (used without object), verb (used with object) : to pale at the sight of blood.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : outside the pale of his jurisdiction.    From Dictionary.com. 

But let me say the term pales into utter insignificance with the World Champion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neandertals] Reference

But that kind of pales in comparison to what they have been getting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007] Reference

Sending everyone a birthday card on time, kind of pales in comparrison to your 2009 goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black-eyed pea dip for a new year | Homesick Texan] Reference

Iraq is a place for the oil sector right now, and everything else kind of pales in comparison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iraq Raises Estimate Of Oil Reserves] Reference

That's the only thing that comes to mind that's even close to this and, you know, it kind of pales compared to this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008] Reference

I hate to say it but Obama kind of pales in comparasin.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

Whatever you can get for lending overnight to other banks kind of pales in comparison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake] Reference

It still went platinum, but considering that her previous record sold five million more copies ... well, that kind of pales in comparison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carrie Underwood Fans] Reference

But as has become the custom, this pales next to Russell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 11] Reference

This pales, though, before the epic tale of Suzanne Wexler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellis Weiner: Happy-ish New Year] Reference

That pales in comparison to the 3,878 recalled peanut products.    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA sets up database of recalled pistachio products] Reference

"Born in the U.S.A." may have been a blockbuster, but artistically it pales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Badlands] Reference

He's laughing hard, but mid-cackle, he pales and reaches franticany under his chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tweety And Sylvester, Meet Mozart And Eigar] Reference

And it pales next to what we witnessed and learned for ourselves over an extended U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Almost A Choker] Reference

Along with traffic and noise, vagrancy pales as a problem in comparison to violent crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [These Guys Do Windows] Reference

For all the enthusiasm, this effort pales in comparison with the mobilization for the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lifeline In Iraq] Reference

But a 1 percent mortality risk pales next to the 100 percent certain death of a loved one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Risking Life To Give Life] Reference

Yet for all its power and joy, the new album pales when compared with the band's live show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cultural, Musical Roots Sprout Great Performances] Reference

Roberts: "He's very good-looking, and his handsomeness pales in comparison to his kindness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [In Their Own Words] Reference

The total death toll pales when compared with what might be called the world's megadisasters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Averting Disaster] Reference

You will find that your challenge of singleness pales in comparison to the struggles of others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilana Donna Arazie: How to Be a Zen Dater] Reference

But that hefty amount pales against the value of all financial assets — stocks, bonds, bank loans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engine of Mayhem] Reference

WINNING WEIRDOS Brocco-flower "gives cauliflower a new lease on life," even if it pales when cooked.    From Wordnik.com.  ['This Has Been Surreal'] Reference

But that action pales in comparison with the national -- and even international -- frenzy of the past month.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE LEGACY OF TERRI SCHIAVO] Reference

Guyland is not without its charms, but it pales next to what I have known with her over the past three years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I Am Leaving Guyland] Reference

And it pales in comparison with what this pair of writer-directors will whip out once they get you into a multiplex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sibling Ribaldry] Reference

The instant communication of today's Internet pales in comparison to the "" Aunt-Net '' I remember from my childhood.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Wasn't Left To Myself'] Reference

Its record 5.7 TV rating for Connecticut's championship win pales next to the 19.3 scored by the UCLA men's title triumph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking For A Slam-Dunk] Reference

Operation Anaconda pales next to the bloodbaths of World War II like Tarawa and Iwo Jima, which cost thousands of GI lives.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Leave No Man Behind'] Reference