valance

Example Sentences

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For a clean, custom look, Arnold sometimes likes to hide the curtain rod or track by tucking it behind a valance or crown molding.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

After surveying their distorted bodies and their impossible reflections in mirrors, my eye wanders off to the framing apparatuses of lavish curtains and valance.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Hybridization is introduced to explain the geometry of bonding orbitals in valance bond theory.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Model ships and colored onion lamps, as well as the valance scalloped like waves that frames the waterfront view, affirm the maritime theme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 3, 2018

She held this until Lady Betty had dropped the valance, and the two could take their seats again.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John