withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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Left by her father and mother to the further entertainment of Harbinger, Barbara had said: "Let's have coffee in here," and passed into the withdrawing room.
From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John
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
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)
His milk he always drinks in a withdrawing room, that it may not be discovered, for that would be too apparent, nor has he any other shift to evade the discerning eye of the observers.
From The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé by Houdini, Harry
“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
