palled; palling
: to be or become pals : associate as pals
they've palled around for years
Examples of pal in a Sentence
Noun
We've been pals since we were kids.
Come on—be a pal and lend me the money.
Verb
they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
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Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Lauren Sánchez will have a new pal joining her on her upcoming, all-female trip to space on a Blue Origin rocket: Flynn, the character from her first children's book, The Fly Who Flew to Space.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The duo were intrigued by a movie that could tell not only the Cain and Abel story of two childhood pals turned lethal adversaries, but also the demise of the Mafia's national stranglehold, which began with Costello's famous testimony before a congressional hearing in 1951.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Fey and Forte play a couple who have to sniff out which of their other married pals are on the brink of divorce across four vacations.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Luckily, with a pal like Keith always looking out for him, there’s nothing this little mouse can’t handle.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Lauren Sánchez will have a new pal joining her on her upcoming, all-female trip to space on a Blue Origin rocket: Flynn, the character from her first children's book, The Fly Who Flew to Space.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The duo were intrigued by a movie that could tell not only the Cain and Abel story of two childhood pals turned lethal adversaries, but also the demise of the Mafia's national stranglehold, which began with Costello's famous testimony before a congressional hearing in 1951.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Fey and Forte play a couple who have to sniff out which of their other married pals are on the brink of divorce across four vacations.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pal
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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pal
1 of 2 noun
: a close friend
pal
2 of 2 verb
palled; palling
: to be or become pals
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