sitting room

noun

Examples of sitting room in a Sentence

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The colonnades served their own functions, most recently housing the press offices and briefing room on the west side, and the family movie theater and sitting rooms on the east side. Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 The organ is nestled between two walls in the back of his sitting room and was a gift from a friend. Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025 After a day wandering Stockbridge or George Street, settle into the sitting room’s armchair with a view over leafy gardens. Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2025 And then, in the single most incomprehensible moment of Leo’s life, the naked light bulb flared on, the tap wheezed and gushed hot water, and the voice of the television rang out from the sitting room, as if the TV and its million faces was the only life form to have risen from the dead. Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sitting room

Word History

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sitting room was in 1763

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“Sitting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitting%20room. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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