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Example sentences for: umber

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Some are interesting and have a curiosity value ( spaneria `a scarceness of men'), others, if learnt, would present some difficulties in fitting into most conversations ( umber `sundial pointer's shadow').
Autumn brings the finest hues to the landscape, when the leaves turn shades of apricot and copper, the bracken changes to a burnt umber, and the hillsides glow in the low sunlight, reflecting perfectly in the glassy stillness of the lakes.