BUREAU in a Sentence

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For BUREAU, below is one of 35 sentences:
The taper was still on the table, and by its light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken from the bureau.

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 Meanings and Examples of BUREAU
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bureau
 n.  an administrative unit of government
 n.  furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  A few books and writings were on an old bureau in a corner, the furniture was decent and sufficient, and, though the atmosphere was tainted, the room was clean.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
2  I did not breathe freely until I had taken it upstairs and locked it in the bureau of my dressing-room.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
3  Holmes went to the bureau first and looked hard at the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
4  Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
5  Suddenly, as I looked, he rose from his chair, and walking over to a bureau at the side, he unlocked it and drew out one of the drawers.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
6  The taper was still on the table, and by its light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken from the bureau.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
7  They should not leave my bureau were it not that it is absolutely necessary to have them copied.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
8  She rummaged in a bureau, and presently she produced a photograph of a woman, shamefully defaced and mutilated with a knife.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
9  The main article is a large writing-table with a fixed bureau.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
10  This bureau consists of a double column of drawers, with a central small cupboard between them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
11  It was found near the bureau, and just to the left of it, as marked upon that chart.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
12  No, it was for something in that wooden bureau.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13  Our lady enters the room, advances to the bureau, and either opens it or tries to do so.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
14  She came with the intention of possessing herself of certain documents which were in your bureau.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
15  She slipped off her worn shoe and, barefooted, she pattered swiftly to the bureau, not even feeling her festered toe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  The travel bureau is not so far from here.
2  She is tourist guide of a travel bureau.
3  Out of this fraught legal and financial tangle the bureau worker must work with the client to create order and stability.
4  To celebrate Independence Day, the Paris tourist bureau will be distributing gifts to visitors from the US and draping offices and hotels in the colors of the American flag.