brune
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Lines, features, the pale brune coloring, were there; but where was Nan?
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
And with this he began:-- "Jeannette est une brune Qui demeure à Pantin, Où toute sa fortune Est un petit jardin!"
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
She knew quite well that Gaston's name had oft been coupled with that of Mlle. de St. Romans—"la belle brune de Bordeaux," as she was universally called—daughter of the gallant Maréchal just home from Flanders.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Mrs. Horton was short, brune, and rather plump.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
But presently some defect presented itself, it sounded less apt, more suited to a blue-eyed daughter of a viking than to one so brune as she.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar
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