withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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The King received him in the Queen's withdrawing room, using him extraordinarily kindly.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
The withdrawing room of old England was the quiet room to which the ladies retired, leaving their lords to the freer pleasures of the great hall.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
My "best" room, however, my withdrawing room, always ready for company, on whose carpet the sun rarely fell, was the pine wood behind my house.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
But a short time elapsed before the ladies were rejoined by the gentlemen in the withdrawing room, where we will leave them to look after some other friends of ours.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill
Merton had engaged a withdrawing room, where he meant to be closeted with his guests, one by one, administer the oath, and prosecute delicate inquiries on the important question of immunity from infection.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
