Sentence Examples

1. Below deck was a square cabin, of which the walls bulged out in the form of cots, above a circular divan in the centre was a table provided with a swinging lamp.
2. Divan, walls, ceiling, floor, were all covered with magnificent skins as soft and downy as the richest carpets there were heavy-maned lion-skins from Atlas, striped tiger-skins from Bengal panther-skins from the Cape, spotted beautifully, like those that appeared to Dante bear-skins from Siberia, fox-skins from Norway, and so on and all these skins were strewn in profusion one on the other, so that it seemed like walking over the most mossy turf, or reclining on the most luxurious bed.
3. It was round, and a large divan completely encircled it.
4. The salon downstairs was only an Algerian divan, for the use of smokers.
5. Taking a swig of the chilled contents, he collapsed on his torn divan to mull things over.
6. Haydée was reclining upon soft downy cushions, covered with blue satin spotted with silver her head, supported by one of her exquisitely moulded arms, rested on the divan immediately behind her, while the other was employed in adjusting to her lips the coral tube of a rich narghile, through whose flexible pipe she drew the smoke fragrant by its passage through perfumed water.
7. He placed both upon a table before the divan, then retreated in a half bow, scuttling like a crab.
8. A divan and a table occupied the area beside her, while a nightstand, vanity, and chair were placed beyond the bed.
9. In a recess was a kind of divan, surmounted with a stand of Arabian swords in silver scabbards, and the handles resplendent with gems from the ceiling hung a lamp of Venetian glass, of beautiful shape and color, while the feet rested on a Turkey carpet, in which they sunk to the instep tapestry hung before the door by which Franz had entered, and also in front of another door, leading into a second apartment which seemed to be brilliantly illuminated.
10. Both laid themselves down on the divan chibouques with jasmine tubes and amber mouthpieces were within reach, and all prepared so that there was no need to smoke the same pipe twice.