withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
His milk he always drinks in a withdrawing room, that it may not be discovered, for that would be too apparent, nor has he any other shift to evade the discerning eye of the observers.
From The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé by Houdini, Harry
The withdrawing room of old England was the quiet room to which the ladies retired, leaving their lords to the freer pleasures of the great hall.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
The King received him in the Queen's withdrawing room, using him extraordinarily kindly.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
It is not exactly the apartment," she continued, "which I would design for a lady's withdrawing room.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
