had browned
- past perfect of brown.
Example Sentences
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Her skin had browned a little, and her cheeks were crimson.
From The Penalty by Christy, Howard Chandler
A woman, whom passing years had browned, although leaving the fine strong features uncoarsened.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
A rich summer-vacation tan had browned their faces and Nora O'Malley's tip-tilted Irish nose was dotted with freckles.
From Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
A nice mess of perch had been caught in a near-by creek, and Frank Willis, whose turn it was to act as chef, had browned them most artistically.
From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Stuart, Gordon
It was late in the fall, grasses and leaves had browned, Alfonso's horse had grown thin, and being too weak and lame to go forward, finally died.
From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)
