DUN in a Sentence

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1. I could see no marks to guide me, but the carpet was of a dun colour, which lends itself very well to examination.
2. There was a great deal of good in Mrs. Micawber's heart, which had not been dunned out of it in all those many years.

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 Meanings and Examples of DUN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dun
 v.  treat cruelly
 v.  cure by salting
Classic Sentence:
1  And they too were delighted; now they could follow in her wake and leave the silver and dun shades that led to the heart of silence.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
2  I could see no marks to guide me, but the carpet was of a dun colour, which lends itself very well to examination.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
3  The dancing white water made by the chase was now becoming more and more visible, owing to the increasing darkness of the dun cloud-shadows flung upon the sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
4  There was a great deal of good in Mrs. Micawber's heart, which had not been dunned out of it in all those many years.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
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