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Through the open door was visible a portion of the boudoir, containing an upright piano and a blue satin couch.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOUDOIR
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boudoir
 n.  small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  They found the rose-colored brocade boudoir and the hole in the cushion the mouse had left, but the mice had grown up and run away and the hole was empty.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  Hereupon he wandered into a boudoir formed entirely of mirrors, like the one in Castle Rosenburg; but here the glasses magnified to an astonishing degree.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
3  On the floor above were similar rooms, with the addition of a third, formed out of the ante-chamber; these three rooms were a salon, a boudoir, and a bedroom.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
4  The boudoir up-stairs communicated with the bed-chamber by an invisible door on the staircase; it was evident that every precaution had been taken.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
5  The decorations of the boudoir had then been left entirely to Madame Danglars and Lucien Debray.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
6  At this instant the favorite attendant of Madame Danglars entered the boudoir; approaching her mistress, she spoke some words in an undertone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
7  This was a sort of boudoir, circular, and lighted only from the roof, which consisted of rose-colored glass.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 49. Haidee.
8  At the entrance of the room which led to her boudoir, Madame de Villefort was standing erect, pale, her features contracted, and her eyes glaring horribly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 111. Expiation.
9  Through the open door was visible a portion of the boudoir, containing an upright piano and a blue satin couch.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 111. Expiation.
10  He had only to step over the corpse, enter the boudoir, take the child in his arms, and flee far, far away.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 111. Expiation.
11  He walked across her boudoir to the bedroom door, and turned back again.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 8
12  He noticed this, rubbed his forehead, and sat down in her boudoir.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 8
13  Anna, forgetting her inward agitation in the work of packing, was standing at a table in her boudoir, packing her traveling bag, when Annushka called her attention to the rattle of some carriage driving up.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 16
14  They were in the little boudoir.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 17
15  In the drawing room there was no one; at the sound of his steps there came out of her boudoir the midwife in a cap with lilac ribbons.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 17
Example Sentence:
1  I know a woman whose first-floor rooms are very artistically furnished in blue and gray, whose boudoir is in rose and ivory, and whose sewing room is in softest gray.