sitting room

noun

Examples of sitting room in a Sentence

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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 The Spooks, Ghosts, and Goblins Suite offers a cozy sitting room with a comfortable couch and working fireplace. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025 There are also sitting rooms on the first floor with cozy fireplaces. Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Nov. 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 8 Jan. 2026.

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