He had three bottom teeth set in pale gums, and no top teeth.

Julia saw his gums, pale and bloodless, and the veinless white of his eyes.

He could not take his attention from the seamed old face, the glistening eyes, the pale gums around silvery metal teeth that flashed as she spoke.

His expression was entirely neutral, his lipless mouth open to reveal a hard dental ridge mostly covered by pale gums.

Her breathing grew stertorous, the mouth opened, and the pale gums, drawn back, made the teeth look longer and sharper than ever.

She smiled at him, exposing those pale gums behind shrunken lips.

Her open mouth showed the pale gums drawn back from the teeth, which looked positively longer and sharper than usual.

Lucy was breathing somewhat stertorously, and her face was at its worst, for the open mouth showed the pale gums.

She smiled, showing her teeth, which shone in sharp relief below her pale gums.

During a hypoglycemic attack, the puppy usually has very pale or grey gums.