davenport

Example Sentences

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She and her brothers, she wrote, had grown up in Onalaska, Wis., and she had loved that davenport.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2020

One day in January, near the turnstile at the exit of the 125th Street subway station, something caught my eye: a sepia-toned photograph that showed what looked like three siblings sitting on a davenport.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2020

We’d sit on the davenport, helping Grandmom make dinner.

From MSNBC • Oct. 9, 2015

President Getulio Dornelles Vargas, of Brazil awaited delivery of a new office for himself and staff: a transport plane, complete with desk, swivel chair and davenport.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mama, who had come to sit by me on the davenport, put her hand on mine and kept it there while Cudn Agnes finished the story.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns