cheval glass
Example Sentences
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She knew she had always been a beautiful woman—she was sure, when she glanced at herself in the cheval glass in her bedroom, that she had never appeared to greater advantage.
From The Brute by Kummer, Frederic Arnold
Charlotte had privately borrowed one of Aunt Virginia's skirts, and practised before the cheval glass, but the flowing lines that so much pleased her she found unattainable.
From The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
The electric light was shining full into the cheval glass as she came and stood before it, with the smile of pleasure still on her lips.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
She was peering into the cheval glass over her shoulder, giving her attention to two things at once.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
She stopped at the cheval glass and arranged her hair with a series of twists that formed a turban secured by loops.
From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry
