sitting room

Example Sentences

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There’s Mrs. Duggan’s sitting room, for example, with its “faint, high whistling of the gas fire”; and “the weary clatter of half-hearted washing-up” in a depressing cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The primary suite in the unit featured its own private sitting room, an enormous spa-like bathroom, and its own fireplace—as well as “multiple closets,” the listing noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

When Grace passed this sitting room, she was laid out here.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Since 2024, Netflix has featured a “Bridgerton”- themed fireplace, set in the middle of a Regency-era sitting room.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

At last the maid returned and showed me into a small sitting room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom