divan
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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
She was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless and with her chin raised a little as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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