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How to use browning in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Browning means the act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc. Example: “Hardwall is similar to browning except that it offers a higher impact resistance and quicker drying surface.”

More sentences with browning

  • Hardwall is similar to browning except that it offers a higher impact resistance and quicker drying surface.2010, DIY Doctor, Master Basic DIY: Teach Yourself. From the entry hardwall
  • Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 125. From the entry gardenia
  • Your birthday was in the drying and browning month of my mother's death.1989, Lynn Lonidier, Clitoris lost. From the entry begather
  • “Browning ought to have said ‘keep young along with’ ’em, my dear.1922 July 26, Annie Hamilton Donnell, “Story and Incident: Along with John”, in J. R. Bridges, R. C. Reed, editors, Presbyterian Standard…. From the entry johnless
  • Browning bounded in his chair, "Lyrics?" he said.2013, E. F. Benson, As We Were - A Victorian Peep Show. From the entry deskful
  • I like to call it "browning out."”2010 October 28, Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney, “Who Got Dee Pregnant?” (2:13 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season…. From the entry blackout
  • In the browning corn fields here, the light breeze makes a tindery noise as it rustles the dry stalks.2007 July 4, Adam Nossiter, “Drought Saps the Southeast, and Its Farmers”, in New York Times. From the entry tindery
  • The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 269. From the entry brown
  • Browning and Christina Rossetti and Laurence Hope, in their several different ways, have gotten themselves expressed only through a sublime and glorious unashamedness.1909, Clayton Hamilton, “The Drama”, in The Forum, volume XLI, page 138. From the entry unashamedness
  • Sugars participate in browning reactions that cause darkening of the juice and also in the formation of compounds generally described as apricotlike or pineapplelike in flavor (13).2012 December 2, Gerard Meurant, Handbook of Food and Beverage Stability, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 724. From the entry pineapplelike
  • It was a gentle day as we drove under the lighthouse, the modern hotels leading down to their beach umbrellas sheltering the browning bikini bodies intent upon their drinks.1991, John Hayes, Face the Music: A Sailor's Story, Pentland Press, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry bikini body
  • Sandwiches done up in chocolate-colored parafine paper (this paper may be colored by browning in the oven), and olives will make a very dainty repast for this latest.1903 March 6, The Andover Townsman, volume XVI, number 21, Andover, Mass., page 2, column 2. From the entry chocolatière

Meaning of browning

  1. noun The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
  2. noun Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
  3. noun A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

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Questions about browning in a sentence

How do you use browning in a sentence?
Browning is used as a noun. For example: “Hardwall is similar to browning except that it offers a higher impact resistance and quicker drying surface.”
What is a short sentence with browning?
“I like to call it "browning out."””
What does browning mean?
Browning means the act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.

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