dun

Example Sentences

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But developers won’t know it until state officials dun them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

One of this crew, no surprise, ends up dead before the night is over, and an unusually somber Poirot must figure out whodunit, before he himself gets dun.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Instead of the lush, even green of the surrounding pastures, the vegetation here was a mottled dun, many-textured, thin and low to the ground.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

Dun dun duuuun: The dark side of Silicon Valley philanthropy is finally getting some attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2018

Jumper was a dun mule with a narrow black stripe running along his backbone between his mane and tail.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson