An injured-looking, chubby man in a battered brown derby hat moved here and there.

Ants crawled busily over the trees that stood among the old graves, the battered brown hulks of the buildings.

The elderly detective was standing on the Wiltons' front step with rainwater pouring from the brim of his battered brown trilby.

You never can tell. Pulling his battered brown felt hat lower, he used the floppy brim to partially hide his face.

Dryden's battered brown leather shoes were still dry when they got to the ruins, a lonely landmark it took them ten minutes to reach.

I was feeling bewildered and abandoned, then I caught sight of my mother, as our two battered brown suitcases were heaved onto a teetering trolley.