withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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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
Some two hundred girls and as many men were gathered there; the pit was their dancing ring and the gallery was their withdrawing room.
From The Christian A Story by Caine, Hall, Sir
A large apartment at the east end of the warehouses will be reserved as a withdrawing room for the ladies, and is partitioned off for that purpose.
From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various
The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
“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
