salle d'attente

Example Sentences

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He was coming out of the first class salle d'attente.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas

I can see one now stretched out on the floor on a rug in the small salle d'attente at Susa, quite exhausted and absolutely indifferent to the outside world.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

Let this small effusion of ill-nature be my first and last tribute to the whole despotic gare: the deadly salle d'attente, the insufferable delays over one's luggage, the porterless platform, the overcrowded and illiberal train.

From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph

There, in the salle d’attente, he found Aristide mounting guard over his wife’s luggage.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec

It was a large, barely furnished apartment, like the salle d'attente at the Northern Railway Station at Paris.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various