drawing room
Example Sentences
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In the drawing room, 133 titles and 289 volumes of mostly unscientific literature were recorded.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024
When her housekeeper found her body in the drawing room in the northern city of Sassari in the winter of 1914, Giles was clinging to the last minutes of her mysterious life.
From Salon • May 28, 2023
With its Gothic exterior and Victorian decorative additions from the 1800s, Knebworth "expresses lots of different periods" with its Jacobean hall, Edwardian drawing room, Victorian library and a Regency bedroom.
From BBC • May 27, 2023
Leaders of Mr. Khan’s political party took to social media to share footage of tear gas canisters landing on the lawn outside his drawing room.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023
Five minutes later, when she reentered the drawing room in triumph, no one paid her any attention, and everything was exactly the same—tired, miserable adults sipping tea and smoking in silence.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
