brown

Example Sentences

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The windswept golf course’s grass turned brown while officials await a decision on future plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Primarily a sculptor and printmaker, Catlett worked in the social realist tradition and her work often celebrates the dignity of Black and brown working people, especially women.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The lower egg prices led people to buy more specialty eggs, which includes the premium varieties of cage-free, organic, brown, free-range, pasture-raised and nutritionally enhanced eggs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“Thoughtful plant selection can ensure a native garden has something of interest at all times of the year and doesn’t have to go brown in the summer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

For a moment, I just watched the shape of him appear and disappear in slivers, small suggestions of a boy my age, tall and lean, with neatly combed brown hair.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows