cheval glass

Example Sentences

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She knew she had always been a beautiful woman—she was sure, when she glanced at herself in the cheval glass in her bedroom, that she had never appeared to greater advantage.

From The Brute by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

“What do you think, Peng Yuen?” he inquired, turning from the cheval glass.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman

“Shall I wear my hat or not?” asked Miss Campbell, taking a final survey of herself in the cheval glass.

From The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Stokes, Katherine

It was an antique room, full of the most beautiful, world-forgotten old furniture, one piece of richly carved oak being a cheval glass that showed her Marion Macrae from head to feet.

From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Behind him was the cheval glass and the telephone stand.

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry