brune
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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She was at once dark and fair—la blonde et la brune!
From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew
The brune goddess shaped ironic lips: "Chauffeurs', I presoom?"
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William
There is another tower, commonly called "la tour brune," which adjoins the ancient bishop's palace, and dates from at least a century before the main body of the church.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
She was very handsome, with a certain fine, rich coloring that belongs to the healthy brune type.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate
Her hair was a brown which hardly escaped being ruddy, and her skin matched it, lacking alike the dusky warmth of the brune and the purity of the blonde.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
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