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Recent Examples of setteeHefty stone fireplaces and exposed travertine door frames share space with chandeliers of pink beaded glass, as well as low-slung lounge chairs and settees.—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025 Across the globe, discerning hotels are filling their spaces with settees, divans, sofas, and armchairs that stretch beyond the merely functional and into the realm of art—some even center their whole design scheme around the seating arrangements.—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2025 By Southern law, enslaved people were property, like a plow horse or a prized settee, bought and sold or passed down from one family member to another.—David Wright Faladé, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025 Most of us would settle for Lucozade and a duvet on the settee, but Howe is Newcastle’s king nerd.—George Caulkin, New York Times, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for settee
Shailene Woodley is upstairs from Animal Haven, a pet shelter tucked just off Canal Street in downtown Manhattan, curled into a couch on a quiet fall morning.
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Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
The deluxe cabins are slightly smaller, but ingenious, with sofabeds and stools that pull double duty as couches and coffee tables.
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