ARMCHAIR in a Sentence

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Lastly, the money concealed, Plushkin re-seated himself in the armchair, and seemed at a loss for further material for conversation.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARMCHAIR
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armchair
 n.  chair with a support on each side for arms
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1  At length they reached the drawing-room, where Sobakevitch pointed to an armchair, and invited his guest to be seated.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
2  Upon this the good lady expressed her readiness to send for feather beds and cushions, but her husband expressed a preference for slumbering in an armchair, and she therefore departed.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
3  Lastly, the money concealed, Plushkin re-seated himself in the armchair, and seemed at a loss for further material for conversation.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
4  After his divorce from the sturgeon, Sobakevitch ate and drank no more, but sat frowning and blinking in an armchair.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
5  Meanwhile he begged his guest to consider himself at home, and, after seating him in an armchair, made preparations to listen to the newcomer's discourse on natural history.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
6  His brother was sitting long after midnight in his study, in a wide armchair before the fireplace, on which there smouldered some faintly glowing embers.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  A cigar's all very well,' put in Sitnikov, who by now was lolling in an armchair, his legs in the air; 'but give us some lunch.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  You look at me incredulously; you think that's said by an "aristocrat," who is all in lace, and sitting in a velvet armchair.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  Putting her into a comfortable armchair, he once more hurriedly embraced his father and introduced Arkady to him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  Vassily Ivanovitch tried to address him with various questions, but they fatigued Bazarov, and the old man sank into his armchair, motionless, only cracking his finger-joints now and then.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  The old man rose from his knees, sat down in the armchair, and, clutching his beard, began biting his own fingers.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  Anna Sergyevna swiftly crossed the room, and sat down in the armchair near the sofa on which Bazarov was lying.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  The little princess lay in the armchair, Mademoiselle Bourienne chafing her temples.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
14  Prince Bolkonski sat down in his usual place in the corner of the sofa and, drawing up an armchair for Prince Vasili, pointed to it and began questioning him about political affairs and news.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV
15  She sat in an armchair in her dressing jacket and nightcap and Katie, sleepy and disheveled, beat and turned the heavy feather bed for the third time, muttering to herself.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
Example Sentence:
1  He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV.
2  When I'm tired, I like to relax into a deep armchair.
3  After dinner, I ensconced myself in a deep armchair with a book.
4  It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his armchair.
5  He heaved himself out of his armchair.
6  The manager lay back in the armchair.
7  You can perform relaxation exercises lying down but we would prefer if you try initially sitting in a comfortable armchair.
8  He gave her a hard push which toppled her backwards into an armchair.