baignoire
Example Sentences
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She found no play too tedious, no entr'acte too long, no baignoire too hot, no tissue of incidents too complicated, no situation too unnatural and no sentiments too sublime.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
At the end of the act Newman observed that Valentin was still in the baignoire.
From The American by Henry James
I had drawn up the golden grille, by which the occupants of a baignoire may screen themselves from the curiosity of the parterre.
From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett
At the theatre her vivacity sank into a breathless hush, and she sat intent in her corner of their baignoire, with the gaze of a neophyte about to be initiated into the sacred mysteries.
From The Reef by Edith Wharton
Newman at last made his way out, and in doing so he passed beneath the baignoire of Mademoiselle Noemie.
From The American by Henry James
