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 bathroom also doubles as a sitting room, with the shower and toilet moved to a separate area to allow lounging space in the room.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 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

In another sitting room, a silk chair that somehow looked both new and old, strewn with patches of different upholstery fabric.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

I entered the sitting room and turned on the light.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner