carrel
Example Sentences
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John was old enough to climb out, but Witcher put Delia in the carrel and gave John a book.
From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2022
He shares his remote refuge, a forgotten carrel on the 9th floor, with a woman with a distinct resemblance to Ozeki herself.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021
I sat in a remote study carrel in the library’s stacks, next to a narrow, dim window with an interior view, and idled through the brittle pages in bound volumes.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015
But after weeks in the class, helping one another with Newton’s laws, friction and simple harmonic motion, they’d started to feel as if they shared the same carrel in the library.
From Time • Oct. 18, 2012
She finishes Scott-Moncrieff’s English translation within days, reading it at her desk in the department, and in her carrel in the library.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
