brown

Example Sentences

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“I just thought, well, there we go. I’m just never going to wear brown shoes,” said Raath, who now runs his own consulting firm, the Ambition Company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

And despite owning a pair of his own, brown Oxfords that he keeps under his desk at work, he didn’t seem taken with the president’s taste either.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

There, I was served edible “leaves” on a bed of dead, brown leaves.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Authorities said that Coughran — who they described as a 6-foot-2, 150-pound white man with brown hair and hazel eyes — may have been wearing khaki shorts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The man who paddled it had short brown hair cut in a fringe on the brow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver