brown
Example Sentences
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Trujillo said he once played office golf — blue cardboard for water hazards; brown paper for sand traps — with actors Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy while the movie “A Mighty Wind” was being edited.
From Los Angeles Times
Think crescent dough wrapped around ribbons of honey ham and Swiss, each ball bathed in a poppy-seed-studded glaze of butter, Dijon, Worcestershire, and a hint of brown sugar, then baked until puffed, golden, and gleaming.
From Salon
Many contained sticky, dark brown, aromatic organic material.
From Science Daily
The huge majority of pending investment is in the “brown field” category, Guajardo says: expansion of existing sites that can only hold output steady for the next five years.
From Barron's
Jackson, wearing a flashy dark suit and leather shoes that matched his brown satchel, told reporters outside the courthouse that the case was “very, very complex.”
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