divan

Example Sentences

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The green-eyed 20-year-old Queen sat next to the Shah on a divan while he sat in his shirtsleeves telling the story of the flight.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

A parallel tradition of high poetry in Turkish called divan poetry also developed, which used the rhyme schemes and poetic meters of Persian poetry.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Pluto was on break, resting on a divan.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

And they work: There is almost an imperial pleasure in watching other people compete while you recline on your divan with snacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2019

He folded himself on the divan seat behind my table with a grace I never achieved in all my traveling.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck