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

It was just at the merging of autumn and winter; the last of the maize crop was being gathered in, and the first touch of frost was browning the hill-tops.

From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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