divan

The green-eyed 20-year-old Queen sat next to the Shah on a divan while he sat in his shirtsleeves telling the story of the flight.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

A parallel tradition of high poetry in Turkish called divan poetry also developed, which used the rhyme schemes and poetic meters of Persian poetry.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

He described the divan as “a magnet for visitors from all over the world,” and said they were drawn, above all, to “the human stories connected with it.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Phil Barone stepped across the threshold and spotted Cliff seated on a divan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

Margot and Peter were reading in our room, with Mouschi curled up beside Margot on the divan.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Platinum blond crabeater seals lounged on divans of drifting ice, basking in the sun.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2023

The big companies lay panting on their divans for months, unable to turn on a dime or even on endowments of millions of dollars.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021

Ms Busby alleges the two divans which made up the base of the bed were not properly fastened together and two "gliders" - or feet - were missing from the end of the bed.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2018

There are also informal interviews, with team personnel wrangling players inside the downtown Renaissance Riverview hotel, bringing them to divans, or folding tables, or a secluded nook behind a pair of grand pianos.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2018

Locke’s bedroom is messy—books and clothes scattered on divans and low couches.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black