brune
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Yes, the quaint old French fits her to a nicety: 'Elle ne fu oscure ne brune, Ains fu clere comme la lune, Envers qui les autres estoiles Ressemblent petites chandoiles.'
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
He had long ago ceased to care for la belle brune de Bordeaux, the beautiful girl who had enchained his early affections and thereby become a bar to his boundless ambition.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
When I had climbed it and looked out over endless flats to the sails under the brune of the horizon I understood the Fens.
From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire
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