baignoire

Example Sentences

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"You mean the young lady below stairs, in a baignoire in a pink dress?" said Newman.

From The American by James, Henry

"And whom do you suspect?" she asked, her eyes foraging an opposite baignoire.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar

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 Wharton, Edith

I sat alone and hidden at the back of a baignoire in the auditorium.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

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 James, Henry