| 单词 | straight chair |
| 例句 | It contained a desk and two straight chairs. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in a straight chair by the window with his hands stuffed tight into his pockets, and nodded or smiled to show his guests that he understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The room was so crowded with filing cabinets and plants and her big desk, there was room only for two straight chairs for visitors. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam sat down in a straight chair and put his elbows on his knees and supported his chin in his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now she’s circling around the kitchen table, brushing a crumb here, straightening an already straight chair. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He turned around, looking both tense and agitated, and pulled out the straight chair at his mother’s writing table and sat down. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She was seated in the blue straight chair. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her back was turned toward me as she sat in a straight chair, swaying to and fro. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His two rooms were furnished only with an upright piano, a straight chair, a small table and an unmade double bed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of girls my age sat on straight chairs next to their mothers, waiting their turn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Having put the food in the oven and the kettle on to boil, I got a straight chair from the dining room, took it out on the porch and sat down beside him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A single set full of backstage clutter is all this production needs, and only the four straight chairs arranged in a row at center stage are used. In Series’ latest version of ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ shows its maturity 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Why—because there are only seven straight chairs in this stable. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Instead, sitting on her straight chair opposite, she shook her head severely, further discontent making itself visible in the manner of her shake. Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs 2011-09-03T02:00:18.353Z When evening came they sat in straight chairs in the big kitchen which was the “living room” as well, while the men talked over the day’s work, and the women knit socks for the family. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z She indicated a straight chair with an ornamental leather back and seat. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z He moved restlessly into the front room, a wood-floored space of rickety pine tables and wobbly straight chairs, plopping down by the front doorway, his gaze fixed on the misty outline of the river bridge. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A small bureau, two straight chairs, a wardrobe trunk and grass matting on the floor completed the room’s furnishings. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Mr. Featherbren, his tall form draped over a straight chair, caught my eye and winked at me. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z She took up her shoes in one hand, her coat in the other, and slouched off to a small one-window box of a room, with an unmade cot and a straight chair two-thirds filling it. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The parlor had little furniture—a plain table, two straight chairs, a comfortable rocker and a couch with a Bagdad cover. The Shadow The dark little man was sitting in a straight chair, his hands resting on his knees. Death Makes A Mistake She had chosen a high, straight chair, so that she might be too uncomfortable to sleep, but she had no temptation to drop off. Old Crow His wife took a straight chair by the counter separating kitchen and living area, folded her hands across her heavy stomach. Old Rambling House Madame Beattie rejected the rocker and took a straight chair that kept her affluence of curves in better poise. The Prisoner He tipped the rocking-chair over on its side and turned the curved back so that it fenced in a space between two straight chairs. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School Sleep had overtaken him, too, but each time he dozed off he started to topple off the small straight chair he was sitting on. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Sitting Up in Bed When a patient is allowed to sit up in bed and a bed-rest is not available a straight chair placed bottom-up behind the patient makes a good support for the pillows. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Rose was rigidly upright in a straight chair, her hands crossed at the wrists in her meager lap. Mountain Blood A Novel The stout abbess sat motionless in her straight chair, looking past her niece at the distant hills. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The furnishings were severely simple, a long bench and a table, a few straight chairs, little more than stools, and painted white to suggest marble. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest “Howdy! and welcome!” he replied cheerily, rising at once from his straight chair and taking his place in the 56 door. Blue Ridge Country Her own little room contained a small iron bed, one straight chair with a wooden bottom and a broken- legged dresser over which hung a cracked mirror. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery Paul got up from the couch with his lips closed tightly together, and, sitting down in a straight chair, took Lydia on his knee as though she were a child. The Squirrel-Cage I managed, at last, to get the lieutenant seated in a straight chair, but the Swami couldn't stay still long enough. Sense from Thought Divide There were three straight chairs and a rocking chair with splint bottoms. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Talithie gathered her up and came back to the hearth crooning softly as she jolted to and fro in a straight chair. Blue Ridge Country It was carpeted and desked, with two straight chairs against a wall, for clients. Rebels of the Red Planet He was setting in a high back straight chair. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 It was like trying to play an act on a stage with nothing but two straight chairs in the middle—no scenery, nothing to elude or soften. The Fifth Wheel A Novel All de chair bottoms of straight chairs was made from white oak splits, and de straight chairs was made in de shop. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Sister Giovanna sat bolt upright in her straight chair, with her hands folded on her knees. The White Sister Grandma only rocked her straight chair, jerking one foot up and down. Across the Fruited Plain The straight chair beside her had been lowered; the bottom rung between the legs was almost on the floor. The Fourth R He looked very small as he sat in a low straight chair by the door. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 “Keep your settin', keep your settin',” he returned in his quick, nervous way, as if his very words were money for dire need, and sat himself down in a straight chair far from the fire. The Portion of Labor The stiff, straight chairs offered me no invitation to be seated, and I stood waiting in the middle of the room. Carette of Sark Then she tried a straight chair, imitating the pose of a majestic gentlewoman in one of the portraits on the panelled wall. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware She draws Letty between her old stiff knees, seats herself on a straight chair, and combs the child's hair on either side its pathetic, gentle little face. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls In front of the window were a great table, a leather armchair, and a few straight chairs. Là-bas To sit gracefully one should not perch stiffly on the edge of a straight chair, nor sprawl at length in an easy one. Etiquette It was then that Mrs. Jett sat forward on the edge of the straight chair, and put her question. The Vertical City In an adjoining room were another bed, heating stove, two trunks, one straight chair, one rocking chair. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 “But I didn’t know if—” “They know,” interrupted the little man crisply, leaning against the straight chair back, which rose higher than his fragile head. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale It was a suite of two rooms: a waiting-room with straight chairs, shaky pine table, and those coverless and unknown magazines which are found only in the offices of dentists and doctors. Main Street Sitting just inside the door on a straight chair was Sidney—such a Sidney as he never had seen before, her face colorless, her eyes wide and unseeing, her hands clenched in her lap. K She sat on a straight chair beside his easy one, and allowed him to play with her hand. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution In an adjoining room were another bed, heating stove, two trunks, one straight chair, one rocking chair. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 A straight chair or two—With or without rush seats, enameled black, with stencil design, or to match the wood of the tables. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 She fell to rocking herself in the straight chair. Gaslight Sonatas With a sigh of relief, Frances sank into the straight chair. The Spanish Chest "We'll have to put up with it till Daniel comes," he observed philosophically; and, on the low straight chairs, they gazed around so disgustedly that they both laughed. Cytherea It is folly to say that furniture has no expression; the small couch, the faded work-table, the straight chairs, with their twisted attenuated legs, had an unspeakable air of sadness. The Hallam Succession She led them into a tiny sitting-room and Brother and Sister sat down on two hard, straight chairs while Miss Putnam took the only rocker. Brother and Sister Mr. Joe Kirby sat well forward on a straight chair, knees well apart in the rather puffy attitude of the uncomfortably corpulent. Gaslight Sonatas In his room he sat down on a straight chair inside the door, and stared ahead. Long Live the King! She just shushed me and whispered she was proud of me for being so smart and for me to sit down on the floor by her straight chair. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Even when the details had been arranged she still sat in her straight chair and made no move to go. Dangerous Days She sat on the straight chair beside the bed, the chair on which, in neat order, Harvey placed his clothing at night, his shoes beneath, his coat over the back. The Amazing Interlude It was ecstasy to escape from the table, from the torture of a straight chair, and loll on the davenport in the living-room. Babbitt She chose a straight chair, and faced him, very erect. Long Live the King! All they leave is three or four straight chairs over in the corner for the fiddlers. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Just inside his office a girl was sitting on a straight chair, her hat a trifle crooked, and her eyes red from crying. Dangerous Days The boy, however, gave the pictures only a hasty glance and proceeded, in a business-like manner, to carry a straight chair to the cabinet. Long Live the King! While Miss Lida Belle was gone, Mama set Miss Ophelia's ironing board up on the backs of two straight chairs and put two flatirons on the kitchen stove to heat. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! In a straight chair facing him sat his old friend and Chancellor. Long Live the King! |
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