withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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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
Anthony followed her gratefully upstairs and presently into a small withdrawing room upon the first floor.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
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
She groped her way to the door, unlocked it, and passed into the withdrawing room.
From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Greenwood, Grace
We had to wait till the trunks were carried up, and Perkins had unpacked our tea-gowns; then we shifted ourselves, and had our hair dressed, and went back to the withdrawing room.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah
