drawing room

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In the drawing room, 133 titles and 289 volumes of mostly unscientific literature were recorded.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

When her housekeeper found her body in the drawing room in the northern city of Sassari in the winter of 1914, Giles was clinging to the last minutes of her mysterious life.

From Salon • May 28, 2023

Austin is sitting in the huge galleried drawing room, with a portrait by the French painter Tissot on the wall, which was the last work of art Mercury bought, a month before he died.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

Leaders of Mr. Khan’s political party took to social media to share footage of tear gas canisters landing on the lawn outside his drawing room.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

In the drawing room there was a sense of relief, of relaxation almost, as they heard her go up the stairs.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan