armchair

Example Sentences

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Grandfather, who puffs on Gauloises cigarettes, resembles Baroness Orczy’s Old Man in the Corner, an armchair detective who solves crimes from the confines of a London tea shop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Francisco Gonzalez, a 79-year-old retiree, also said he had a sleepless night in the dark, "sitting in an armchair at home, waiting for the power to come back on."

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

On a Saturday night in November 2001, 91-year-old Mabel Leyshon was watching TV in her favourite armchair.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

But her sadness is not just about this wooden armchair; it’s about what the chair represents.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

We ate in front of the fire, my grandmother in her armchair and me on the table with my cheese on a small plate.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl