Example Sentences

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"They're a sort of velvety, browny, peachy, reddy colour, but then on the bottom of the tail they have a bright yellow strip, then up the sides of the wings are yellow flashes."

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

“It is browny, yellowy, greeny in colour, a bit slippery to hold but also very heavy and very hard, and when you cut into it you find a stitching of wet wipes holding it together.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2018

We go along the corridor and through another flat gray door and along another corridor, softly lit and carpeted this time, in a mushroom color, browny pink.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

"Yes, I can," said Kitty; "I shall be as good as lemon meringue pie,—with a high, fluffy meringue, and little browny wiggles all over the top."

From Marjorie's Maytime by Wells, Carolyn

It pleased her that the lowest browny florets of the clover hung down; she cared no more.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)