brown

Example Sentences

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The film follows an English family between the world wars and emphasizes the dull shabbiness of the setting’s middle-class life, the house and costumes coming in every shade of brown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A chocolate brown Great Dane puppy with blue eyes and a teal collar sitting on a tile floor gazed at me from my computer screen — I squealed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Every Maltese resident was to live within a 10-minute walk of green space, on an island composed largely of limestone, concrete, and the parking lot of a Lidl, that overall turns brown in the summer.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

But as I held the shower over my head, suddenly the stream of water turned dark, as long strands of brown hair began coalescing around the plug hole in front of my eyes.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It’s easier to run on the sidewalk than on the trail, at least, but a car zooms through a puddle, splashing our legs with brown road water.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison