salle d'attente

Example Sentences

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"Do you suppose I can offer myself in the salle d'attente?" sneered Staniford.

From The Lady of the Aroostook by Howells, William Dean

He was coming out of the first class salle d'attente.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas

There, in the salle d’attente, he found Aristide mounting guard over his wife’s luggage.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec

While in your dismal salle d'attente I wait And with forgotten Punches idly toy, How it will reconcile me to my fate To muse upon the mouth-wash you employ.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 by Various

Let this small effusion of ill-nature be my first and last tribute to the whole despotic gare: the deadly salle d'attente, the insufferable delays over one's luggage, the porterless platform, the overcrowded and illiberal train.

From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph