as in tanned
having a skin color darkened by the sun
It was easy to tell who among the beachgoers worked outside, as their bodies were brown from the sun.
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Recent Examples of brown
These lawns will turn brown during dormancy and green up again when rains return.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 June 2026
For her glam, makeup artist Kristofer Buckle made the millennial icon's face glow with warm blush, soft brown brows, and balmy eyeshadow.
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Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
The ocean becomes a creamy expanse splotched with brown mats of decomposing algae, according to photos shared by Abrams.
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Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The report doesn’t address Black and brown communities.
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John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 June 2026
For her glam, makeup artist Kristofer Buckle made the millennial icon's face glow with warm blush, soft brown brows, and balmy eyeshadow.
—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
The ocean becomes a creamy expanse splotched with brown mats of decomposing algae, according to photos shared by Abrams.
—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The report doesn’t address Black and brown communities.
—
John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for brown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brown
tanned
Adjective
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Rigid beauty standards defined Victoria’s Secret in the peak of its mid-aughts glory, with girls watching rows of extra-small, tanned models at the annual fashion show.
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The biggest is Theroux’s overly tanned and idiotic tech billionaire Benji Barnes, who is dating Emily (Emily Blunt) after recently divorcing his cool wife Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu) and leaving her with billions.
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“Brown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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