wingback
Example Sentences
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The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
Used at Chelsea on both flanks and central midfield, and even at wingback, Pulisic has been primarily on the left side of the attack with the U.S,
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Sounders wingback Jimmy Medranda was called for the foul in the 30th minute for swiping his left leg and stepping on the foot of Orlando midfielder Nicholas Gioacchini in the box.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022
Tucked into plush wingback chairs, we were handed the drinks menu.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022
They are sitting in the red wingback chairs in the living room in the waning light of late afternoon.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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