wingback

Example Sentences

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Velvet wingback chairs flank a fireplace and a stained-glass window obscures the parking lot outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

“You have to take them back to your office,” said Washington, 46, as she sat, cross-legged, on a wingback chair at the Spence School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2023

For a small reading nook, Conner recommends a wingback chair or chaise lounge for the ultimate cozy seating.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Dr. Crowchild puts a bottle of Perrier in front of me and another on the table for herself before she sits across from me in the wingback.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam