chaise

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Recent Examples of chaise The rattan bed is Lee’s but Guyton added a chaise in a corner where Lee could sit and read. Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Dorothy lies curled on the gray velvet chaise like a kitten. Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026 Start by choosing a quiet corner near a window or wall and anchor the space with a comfortable chair or chaise. Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026 Ebern Designs Hogsett 3-in-1 Convertible Accent Chair Get holiday-ready with this chair that converts into a chaise and bed and is ideal for overnight guests. Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chaise
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Noun
  • If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
Noun
  • Ancient Greeks wagered on the (occasionally rigged) early Olympic Games; Romans bet on chariot races and gladiatorial contests (also sometimes rigged).
    McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • After the rise of Christianity, the passages under the Hippodrome, a stadium once used for chariot races and gladiator fights, were repurposed as workshops for dyeing fabric and making pottery.
    Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay.
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • FHVs without a permit would have to operate like a green cab.
    Lucius J. Riccio, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The crew cab model boasts more than a dozen cup holders throughout (16+ in some models).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, there are golf buggies to zip guests around with ease.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Barns, open pastures, horses and buggies, and small towns define this stretch of Amish Country, offering a quiet change from the busy cities left behind.
    Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024

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“Chaise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaise. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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