At that hour your relationship is mute, null, dun-coloured. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Into the ring suddenly rushed a smallish, dun-coloured bull with long flourishing horns. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The dun-coloured bull bellowed, glad to be free, and pawed the ground with his forefeet. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch, and other stories] Reference
The sun had gone in; the glass was dim and reflected now only a dun-coloured patch of sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
Within minutes there was only a lighter patch on the dun-coloured plain to mark their grave. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
Like a stately poplar, he bestrode his dun-coloured steed, and many heroic deeds did he perform. From Wordnik.com. [Taras Bulba and Other Tales] Reference
A roar of approval met these words and a dun-coloured centaur shouted, 'They can join the woman!'. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]
He motioned me towards a larger cage wherein a bevy of dun-coloured piglets were holding a soviet. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04] Reference
They had wondered miserably what the thranx would see in their own dun-coloured, stinky soft selves. From Wordnik.com. [Tar Aiym Krang]
It is a scene of wildness and grandeur; on the left lies the blue sea, on the right the dun-coloured moors. From Wordnik.com. [Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland] Reference
He saw, with revulsion, a long, livid face, pinched up into untimely wrinkles and strange dun-coloured pouches. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
My dun-coloured dress did well enough under a paletôt on the stage, but would not suit a waltz or a quadrille. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
Some herded sheep or goats, others their long-necked dun-coloured cattle that seemed immune to every sort of weather. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone, spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch, they found themselves in. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
The two former were mounted on beautiful white horses gorgeously trapped, and the latter on his favourite dun-coloured Arabian. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
Melissa turned her head and stared blindly down at the dun-coloured Alpes Maritimes beneath, and the bright blue Mediterranean. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
The dun-coloured curtains of dust and sand and debris obscured the range, and the single remaining bladder disappeared in its depths. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
A breeze was coming from the east, out of the upright morning, and the surface of the shallow, flimsy, dun-coloured water was in motion. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The uncovered part had the appearance of a huge cylinder, caked over and its outline softened by a thick scaly dun-coloured incrustation. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
On his way, he happened to meet with Sir Murrough O'Brien, driving for the capital in a handsome phaëton, with six prime dun-coloured horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection] Reference
While the target was still veiled in its dust the second four-point-seven spoke, and the minaret disappeared from view behind a dun-coloured shroud. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
The young man, at whose feet she had been sitting, rose and stood before Michael, square, somewhat lowering, with a dun-coloured complexion and heavily charged eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
A faint dun-coloured haze crowned the kitchen chimney. From Wordnik.com. [Athalie] Reference
Over it leant the dun-coloured cloud which was a part of the grey heavens. From Wordnik.com. [Love of Brothers] Reference
Herds of beautiful white or dun-coloured oxen gave animation to the scenery. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Now and then squads marched up and down, monotonously clad in khaki and dun-coloured helmets. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
The dusty mist was produced by the army on the march, and hovered above it like a dun-coloured cloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt] Reference
These horses of the old time were clumsy at the fetlock and dun-coloured, with a rough tail and big head. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Space and Time] Reference
Through the dun-coloured fog the sun shone red like a buckler in the forge, and seemed to have lost its beams. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt] Reference
On Friday, the inside and outside of the striking ochre - and dun-coloured venue offered very contrasting images. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
But all this period of his life was but a dun-coloured monotony, with but few happenings to distinguish week from week. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
These colts were partially dun-coloured, and were striped on the legs more plainly than the real hybrid, or even than the quagga. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
The sea, heaving with a strong ground-swell, reflected the pale blue of the sky in millions of pools of light on the dun-coloured surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Privet Hedge] Reference
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