Example Sentences

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There are plenty of ways to ship furniture, so even if all you brought with you for purchases was a tote bag, it doesn’t mean you can’t jump on that dreamy brass étagère you found.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022

The upgrades included Oriental rugs, block-print throw pillows, a tall wood étagère, a marble-topped dining table and an easy chair.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2017

For more information about Burden’s stands, go to jonathanburden.com; custom sizes and finishes are available, and Burden thinks the design could be easily adapted into a side table, étagère, or bookshelf.

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 14, 2015

The primary decorative element is a wooden étagère bearing rows of pickle jars, bagels threaded onto metal rods and mustard.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2014

Looking about me, I saw on a kind of étagère scores of half-burned candles in candlesticks, as if there had been a ball. 

From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey