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The dropping, distant tawny on the far side of Coombe Wood.
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Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Kylie Jenner was strutting through the marble halls of the Petit Palais trying to find her seat for Schiaparelli, shoehorned into spiky stilettos and a black velvet one-arm gown, a full-size tawny lion’s head jutting from the side.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
With black markings around his eyes and framing his white muzzle, the tawny, sleek lion was often caught on wildlife cameras mid-prowl.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
Gio Ponti chairs or those by Verner Panton, while friend groups can crash with a bottle of Barolo on a sumptuous tawny De Sede couch.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
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Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Kylie Jenner was strutting through the marble halls of the Petit Palais trying to find her seat for Schiaparelli, shoehorned into spiky stilettos and a black velvet one-arm gown, a full-size tawny lion’s head jutting from the side.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
With black markings around his eyes and framing his white muzzle, the tawny, sleek lion was often caught on wildlife cameras mid-prowl.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
Gio Ponti chairs or those by Verner Panton, while friend groups can crash with a bottle of Barolo on a sumptuous tawny De Sede couch.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for tawny
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“Tawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tawny. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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tawny
2 of 2 noun
plural tawnies
: a brownish orange to light brown color
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