divan
Example Sentences
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The big companies lay panting on their divans for months, unable to turn on a dime or even on endowments of millions of dollars.
From New York Times
The small ink-on-paper work shows a half-clothed female figure, with extra arms and legs, reclining on a divan.
From New York Times
Howard moved unsteadily to the divan in his Capitol Hill home and stared at the fire burning in the grate.
From Washington Post
Her body was submerged face down in the water by the weight of a divan bed base.
From BBC
Her zebra-wood divan stood before wall panels lacquered with abstract red and white shapes.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
