portiere

Example Sentences

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Meantime, the prince retrieved his priceless paintings and handmade clothes from the portiere, or janitor, who had helpfully hidden them when the inspector called.

From Time Magazine Archive

He thought he saw Cathy’s door close very silently, but perhaps the leaping candlelight had fooled his eyes, for a portiere seemed to move too.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

And turning towards the still closed portiere, he proceeded: "I hear the curtains drawn back, and steps in the neighboring room—it is monseigneur."

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

A second later he pushed his head through the portiere and repeated: "No, sir; all is not lost!"

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

He had pushed back a dusty portiere to find himself in what could be nothing less than the Professor’s sleeping chamber.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry