deck chair

Example Sentences

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But it’d be like rearranging your deck chair on a sinking ship that’s already asked you to leave.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

The sale includes other notable nautical items including an original deck chair that was on the Lusitania, a passenger liner that was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

Late this summer, at home in Virginia, Ross eased into a deck chair looking rested and relaxed.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2021

The following afternoon, I reclined in a pool deck chair at our hotel, sipping a cocktail, enjoying an astonishing view of the Parthenon.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020

Luke hacked downward and I rolled behind a deck chair.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan