The world was wrapped in a black pall.
At that moment a ray of sun struck through the black pall and glinted along the steel.
It was brought into the cathedral more than a hour before the service and draped with a rich black pall.
On each day there was a red flare, followed by a black pall in my glass.
Tatum helplessly observed the black pall of smoke above the settlement.
The gray sky was darkening, a creeping black pall spreading overhead.
A sense of impending danger seemed to hang like a black pall over the camp.
If a catafalque is not available, a black pall may be laid on the floor to stand in place the body.
He glanced back once and saw a black pall of smoke hanging in the sky.
I suddenly wilted in my seat, and turned from her, overcome for the moment by the black pall of fading hope.