bower
Example Sentences
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Today, a cafe occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy bower on the veranda.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
As it did in Robert Longbottom’s 2019 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods,” which coincidentally also follows a group of rowdy, mixed-up characters into a supernatural bower.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2018
‘I will sleep now,’ he said; and the Elf led him to a bower beside Pippin, and he threw himself upon a bed and fell at once into a dreamless slumber.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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