portiere

Example Sentences

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Then they shot the rusty bolt noiselessly back in place, dropped the portière, and listened again.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

The first thing she saw, was Eleanor’s head showing from the side of the other portière.

From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

The outer door is covered inside with a striped Moorish portière, and leads into a little hall faced by the study, and opening into the drawing-room on the right.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.

As he entered he drew the heavy portière over the closed door and passed to the desk in the corner and sat down.

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara

The man lifted a portière, and Mrs. McLane, with an exclamation of delight, came forward, with both hands outstretched.

From A Daughter of the Vine by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn