CONSERVATORY in a Sentence

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When Princess Mary went to her father's room at the usual hour, Mademoiselle Bourienne and Anatole met in the conservatory.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONSERVATORY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
conservatory
 n.  greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  When Natasha ran out of the drawing room she only went as far as the conservatory.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
2  "Oh, how nice," thought Natasha; and when Sonya and Nicholas had gone out of the conservatory she followed and called Boris to her.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
3  They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full length portrait of Catherine the Great.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
4  When Princess Mary went to her father's room at the usual hour, Mademoiselle Bourienne and Anatole met in the conservatory.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
5  She was going straight on through the conservatory, neither seeing nor hearing anything, when suddenly the well-known whispering of Mademoiselle Bourienne aroused her.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
6  She had not slept and had stolen downstairs on tiptoe, and going to the door of the conservatory where he slept that night had listened at the door.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XII
7  Then she had her plants in the conservatory and she liked looking after them.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
8  She had lovely ferns and wax-plants and, whenever anyone came to visit her, she always gave the visitor one or two slips from her conservatory.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
9  A week later Dorian Gray was sitting in the conservatory at Selby Royal, talking to the pretty Duchess of Monmouth, who with her husband, a jaded-looking man of sixty, was amongst his guests.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
10  "Let me get you some orchids, Duchess," cried Dorian, starting to his feet and walking down the conservatory.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
11  They had reached the great flight of steps that led from the conservatory on to the terrace.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
12  When they rose she proposed to go, but Laurie said he had something more to show her, and took her away to the conservatory, which had been lighted for her benefit.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
13  She was sitting just inside the conservatory, waiting for her partner to bring her an ice, when she heard a voice ask on the other side of the flowery wall.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
14  I was just beginning to stifle with the fumes of conservatory flowers and sprinkled essences, when I bethought myself to open the window and step out on to the balcony.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  The scene in the Brys' conservatory had been like a part of her dreams; she had not expected to wake to such evidence of its reality.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
Example Sentence:
1  Even though he was not conservatory trained, his passion for music took him to the point where eventually he was considered one of the best guitar accompanist in Cuba.