Synonyms for armchair
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahrm-chair |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑrmˌtʃɛər |
Définition of armchair
Origin :- also arm-chair, 1630s, from arm (n.1) + chair; adjective sense in reference to "criticism of matters in which the critic takes no active part" is from 1886.
- noun easy chair
- Later, she was obliged to content herself with going from her armchair to her bed.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Wearied, he deposited himself sulkily in an armchair by the hearth.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- I exclaimed, flinging myself into an armchair, "what does this man want now with me?"
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The armchair excepted, she received him as she would have received the King.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- When she had finished she fell back exhausted in the armchair.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Georges had passed the night on an armchair in the drawing room.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Marguerite, lying back in the armchair, had left off crying.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Then he, too, took up his old position in the other armchair.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- On this day she had found her as usual, skeleton-like, stiff and erect in her armchair.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- A look of relief came over his face, and he flung himself into the armchair.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
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