withdrawing room

Example Sentences

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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

“I must see thee, my lord, alone,” she cried in such tones that her friend arose without a word and conducted her into his own withdrawing room.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

The one apartment had been used as a sort of withdrawing room; in the other stood the long banquet-table, still covered with bright-colored flowers, and dishes of fruit, and decanters and glasses.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

“Very glad to see you, indeed, in my—little sanctum, my withdrawing room, if I may venture to use the name, to which I retire during the intervals of business.”

From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

It is not exactly the apartment," she continued, "which I would design for a lady's withdrawing room.

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru