brown
noun
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
had been browning
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past perfect progressiveof brown.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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She took the bread that had been browning on the hearth stones and put it on the table.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
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