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divan

[dih-van, -vahn, dahy-van] / dɪˈvæn, -ˈvɑn, ˈdaɪ væn /
NOUN
couch
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The green-eyed 20-year-old Queen sat next to the Shah on a divan while he sat in his shirtsleeves telling the story of the flight.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

A parallel tradition of high poetry in Turkish called divan poetry also developed, which used the rhyme schemes and poetic meters of Persian poetry.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

He described the divan as “a magnet for visitors from all over the world,” and said they were drawn, above all, to “the human stories connected with it.”

From New York Times Oct. 31, 2022

Pluto was on break, resting on a divan.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2022

“Oak? With his nurse,” she whispers, drawing me toward the little divan in one corner, patterned with a snake brocade and covered in a fur.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Platinum blond crabeater seals lounged on divans of drifting ice, basking in the sun.

From Scientific American Mar. 14, 2023

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 Aug. 18, 2021

Ms Busby alleges the two divans which made up the base of the bed were not properly fastened together and two "gliders" - or feet - were missing from the end of the bed.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2018

There are also informal interviews, with team personnel wrangling players inside the downtown Renaissance Riverview hotel, bringing them to divans, or folding tables, or a secluded nook behind a pair of grand pianos.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2018

Dozens of paintings of harems, fat women lolling on divans, turbans on their heads or velvet caps, being fanned with peacock tails, a eunuch in the background standing guard.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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