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  • noun Plural form of anteroom.

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Examples

  • Beyond the anterooms was a large hall in which the chosen guests danced while the people might look on from galleries that surrounded it.

    The Hunters of the Hills 1890

  • The British McQueen lends a uniquely dark twist to New York; subway platforms resemble anterooms to purgatory; trains are purveyors of stupefied souls.

    Erica Abeel: Michael Fassbender's Sexoholic Triumphs at Toronto Erica Abeel 2011

  • Chandeliers are cropping up in luxurious anterooms, where racks of camisoles hang waiting to smooth the unexpected bulge.

    Why Are Fitting Rooms So Awful? Elizabeth Holmes 2011

  • HSBC used Mr. Safra's old offices and apartment, a series of anterooms on the 29th and 30th floors of the tower, as work and event space.

    Making a First Impression Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • Vatican City, away from the meandering photo-clicking tourists and most of the hurrying employees, is a maze of locked and Swiss-guarded corridors, rooms, halls, anterooms, storerooms and chambers.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009

  • At the school she had to pass through two anterooms, the walls lined with massive leather bound gold embossed volumes of Talmud and various tractates.

    Still Life, With Girl Brittany Newmark 2011

  • At the school she had to pass through two anterooms, the walls lined with massive leather bound gold embossed volumes of Talmud and various tractates.

    Still Life, With Girl Brittany Newmark 2011

  • The British McQueen lends a uniquely dark twist to New York; subway platforms resemble anterooms to purgatory; trains are purveyors of stupefied souls.

    Erica Abeel: Michael Fassbender's Sexoholic Triumphs at Toronto Erica Abeel 2011

  • HSBC used Mr. Safra's old offices and apartment, a series of anterooms on the 29th and 30th floors of the tower, as work and event space.

    Making a First Impression Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • Dark Lord Vicious waited while Ms Harrison returned from dragging her colleague into one of the anterooms to have a rest.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2010

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