brown
noun
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
were browning
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past progressiveof brown.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Sweet Cheese had flowered nicely, but the leaves were browning.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
It was in the month of October, 1917 and the leaves were browning on the trees and the grass had taken on a golden tint.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019
All along the Northeastern Seaboard, the most thickly populated area of the U.S., suburban lawns were browning and trees and shrubs parching.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several white-fish nailed to oak planks were browning before a bed of glowing coals, while slices of a lake-trout were sizzling together with bits of bacon in the frying-pan.
From The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers
Now the big stove cast a warm glow, hotcakes were browning on a griddle, bacon sizzled in a skillet, the coffeepot steamed and Bud's milk was poured.
From The Black Fawn by James Arthur Kjelgaard
