carrel

Example Sentences

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John was old enough to climb out, but Witcher put Delia in the carrel and gave John a book.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2022

He shares his remote refuge, a forgotten carrel on the 9th floor, with a woman with a distinct resemblance to Ozeki herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Where I, a Baltimore Sun reporter, was once crammed into a carrel alongside such venerable Times reporters as Lizette Alvarez, Alison Mitchell and Eric Schmitt, there are file cabinets.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2017

The manuscript did indeed survive, complete and unpublished, and I spent hours turning over its pages at a carrel there.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 9, 2015

They talked awkwardly for a few minutes, then McCandless disappeared into a carrel.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer