was browning
- past progressive of brown.
Example Sentences
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The waste was browning and settled into deep grooves in the ground.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
One afternoon Chew Wong opened the oven door and was leaning in, on tiptoe, to see whether a cake was browning on all sides.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
La Mole had hardly uttered these words when a man appeared holding in his hand a stew-pan, in the bottom of which he was browning some onions, stirring them with a wooden spoon.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
He then fried a quantity of delicious little fishes, besides attending, every now and then, to a quarter of pork, which was browning before a fire close by.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Loviot, Fanny
