Usage examples (5)

• A green expanse of 2,000 acres of meticulously groomed vines further reinforces the sense of removed privilege, an oasis in a vast expanse of flat, buff-brown drabness.
• The sides of the head and neck are dull buff-brown with a single dusky horizontal stripe crossing a pale gray cheek patch.
• The female is buff-brown all over with indistinct gray stripes on its back and a dull black eye-line that starts behind the eye.
• The cones come in clusters of one to seven, from six to eight or rarely ten inches long, very slender when closed and usually curved towards the tip, black-purple or green when...