withdrawing room

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

The creek bed was a withdrawing room in which to retire from the eternal black soil and level corn-fields of Iowa.

From The Brown Mouse by Quick, Herbert