valance

Example Sentences

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Concealed with a valance or recessed into the cabinets, they can illuminate the entire length of a counter while remaining hidden from view.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

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

Behind her, fitted into the wall, was the bed with its curtain and valance of warm crimson, and spotless counterpane.

From The Setons by Douglas, O.