dun
Example Sentences
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But developers won’t know it until state officials dun them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
I laughed at first, as I slowly made my way toward the board, but no matter how hard I tried to ignore it, that “dun, dun, dun, dun” kept getting louder.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
One of this crew, no surprise, ends up dead before the night is over, and an unusually somber Poirot must figure out whodunit, before he himself gets dun.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
The episode ends with intrigue on Beverly’s ship when Riker and Picard meet — dun, dun, dun — her son.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
An old white man in a gray coat trotted by on a dun horse.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
