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sitting room

NOUN
front room for socializing
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There’s Mrs. Duggan’s sitting room, for example, with its “faint, high whistling of the gas fire”; and “the weary clatter of half-hearted washing-up” in a depressing cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Expansive living spaces fill the main floor of the residence, including a stunning sitting room with a retractable glass wall that opens the area to another outdoor seating space.

From MarketWatch Feb. 23, 2026

Since 2024, Netflix has featured a “Bridgerton”- themed fireplace, set in the middle of a Regency-era sitting room.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2025

In another sitting room, a silk chair that somehow looked both new and old, strewn with patches of different upholstery fabric.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2025

They had stepped directly into a tiny sitting room, which had the feeling of a dark, padded cell.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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