alcove

• The paper which I found in the alcove is part of an official letter dealing with the situation we came here to look into. —  Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box
• Another alcove was vacant; a crabbed manuscript, just laid down by the writer, was on the desk. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
• Then, back at last in the shadowy alcove--which was suddenly vacated by the Jepsons--they settled down on the Turkish divan and invited their souls with smoke. —  Rimrock Jones
• The girls dived into the alcove, then out, back again, and hung about flustered, by turns bold or backward. —  Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
• A kakémono of the severe Kano school was hung in the sitting room alcove, a beautifully arranged vase of flowers stood beneath it. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

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