palanquin

Example Sentences

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During the dozen and a half times each year they do go out, for rituals or during Nepali Hindus’ festival season, they must be carried, either in a palanquin or in someone’s arms.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022

Towards the other end of the painting, his cavalry is attacking Company forces on both sides as they form a square around an injured Bailie, who is in a palanquin.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2022

He seems to have no desire for the trappings of luxury, eschewing the apparently traditional palanquin for his trips about town and showing little interest in the lavish feasts put in front of him.

From The Verge • Jan. 13, 2022

Cersei’s is a gilded palanquin carried by servants; Tyrion’s is a crate with scuzzy air holes.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2015

As I dart under a palanquin marked with the symbol of an Illustrian house, I spot the couriers’ office a dozen yards away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir