brown patch
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When I gave the game a go, I was presented with my own little brown patch of land.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
The shot shows the puma, standing hearty and regal atop a brown patch of earth that seems to float above the lights of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
He spotted a brown patch that he thought could be the roof of a cabin and headed in that direction.
From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2017
A wide brown patch shaped like post-climate change Florida in the corner of my thigh.
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2016
Jam took a step closer to it, her good hand stretched out, the paleness of her palm like a cooling flag, the old bandage still a brown patch across it.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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