withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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“Very glad to see you, indeed, in my—little sanctum, my withdrawing room, if I may venture to use the name, to which I retire during the intervals of business.”
From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Anthony followed her gratefully upstairs and presently into a small withdrawing room upon the first floor.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
A large apartment at the east end of the warehouses will be reserved as a withdrawing room for the ladies, and is partitioned off for that purpose.
From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various
Here was the very occasion of which he had dreamed when he stayed behind in Lady Oxford's withdrawing room.
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
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
