curtains

Example Sentences

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Almost all the doors are open, but behind them are curtains pulled to give people privacy.

From Literature

The space is a mash-up of textures: Rows of warm, flickering candles illuminate a cool, polished concrete floor; velvet curtains ripple by plush and furry throw rugs.

From Los Angeles Times

They burst into the next room—a gold-painted drawing room, with a hole in the ceiling and chewed-looking curtains—and then into a room full of maps, with a collection of globes stained with dust.

From Literature

He quickly checks the blackout curtains that Viola, our housekeeper, installed.

From Literature

Large black curtains were hung on either side, one concealing the windows, the other marking off the backstage area.

From Barron's