antechamber
Example Sentences
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It was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
A portrait of the thin-mustachioed director as a saintly figure sits alongside stained glass recreations of some of his most famous collaborators, including Divine and David Lochary, in a chapel-like antechamber.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023
One evening in 1997, Looter-1 and another person found the statue in the antechamber of Prasat Krachap, prosecutors said.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021
Inside the Speaker’s Lobby — an ornate antechamber that opens onto the House floor — police had barricaded the door with chairs and furniture.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2021
One girl didn’t want to leave and Kaprice had to physically escort her out of the office, through an antechamber, and into the main hallway.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
