sitting room

noun

Examples of sitting room in a Sentence

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The living room is done up in ash, while the dining room is wrapped in cherry, and an octagonal sitting room is clad in oak. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025 Think of it as a sunken, outside sitting room for year-round entertaining. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025 Formal sitting rooms are also sometimes called reception rooms or parlors. Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025 Light spills in through arched and diamond-pane leaded-glass windows in the expansive reception areas, which include a soaring entrance hall, side-by-side formal living rooms, a paneled sitting room, and a formal dining room that comfortably seats 10 or more. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 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 6 May. 2025.

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