easy chair

Definition of easy chair

: a roomy upholstered chair

Examples of easy chair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Downtown Gallery was a space with home-sized rooms mixed with books, paintings, sculptures, and easy chairs. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, "Edith Halpert and American Modernism," 14 Dec. 2019 No longer are furniture companies content to offer you staples like a sofa, easy chair and bed. — Washington Post, "The latest in pet furniture: pieces that fit a home’s decor," 1 Oct. 2019 No longer are furniture companies content to offer you staples like a sofa, easy chair and bed. — Katherine Roth, chicagotribune.com, "The latest in pet furniture: pieces that fit a home’s decor," 1 Oct. 2019 Nooks and crannies, parlors and bays are scattered throughout, each with sofas and easy chairs. — Karl Zimmermann, Los Angeles Times, "Quaker twin brothers, a magical New York resort and why it mattered in Redlands," 3 Aug. 2019 An engineer helping to build the reaction control system thrusters used to orient the Apollo spacecraft, Chaffee was relaxing in an easy chair watching television when his telephone rang. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 1: How the Apollo fire propelled NASA to the Moon," 16 July 2019 Every hotel stay results in a celebrity death match for who has to turn the easy chair pillows into a nest bed on the floor. — NBC News, "The case for the long weekend, summer road trip," 21 June 2019 Mr Baum settled back in an easy chair in the sunshine, and looked in a supremely happy way at his wife and son. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: L. Frank Baum at Coronado," 16 June 2019 Balancing the grand piano and the guitars held aloft in their stands were an orange velvet couch, a side table with a vase of white callas lilies, and an easy chair half covered in a throw. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, "Patti Smith Stuns With “Words and Music” at New York’s Minetta Lane Theater," 24 Sep. 2018

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30 Dec 2019

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“Easy chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easy%20chair. Accessed 23 Feb. 2020.

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