dining table

• “Padraic put Meggie down and walked to the head of the non-company dining table at the far end of the kitchen, while the boys seated themselves around its sides and Meggie scrambled up on top of the wooden box her father put on the chair nearest to him.”

  The Thorn Birds

• “There was the dining table in the dining room, a set of barstools at the kitchen counter, an informal family table, or we could go back in the living room, Diane told us.”

  Grave Surprise

• “He had carried one of the candelabras in here from the dining table and filled it with candles; drips of wax on the floor-boards traced his progress along the shelves.”

  Locked Rooms

• “The dining table had been swept clean, except for his typewriter; all the Indian rugs had been pushed into corners, their fringes chewed; Emma Wimsey's shopping bag was overturned and the contents scattered.”

  The Cat Who Went Underground

• “That idiot Sej started chasing her around the dining table and while I was trying to talk sense into him, she just ran.”

  Simon & Schuster: Burning Tower

• “On the dining table would be nine dishes of Sauce Printemps on warmers, each lacking one of the nine seasonings, also a server of squabs, and plates and other utensils.”

  Too Many Cooks

• “Koko was on the moosehead, while Yum Yum crouched on a crossbeam overlooking the dining table where Qwilleran often did interesting things with typewriter, scissors, and rubber cement.”

  The Cat Who Went Underground

• “The dining table was enormous, with matching teakwood chairs, and she wondered what it would be like to live in that house, eating at that table, under the sparkling light of colored-glass raindrops.”

  Simon & Schuster: Beneath My Mother’s Feet

• “Blunt was on fire with passion during these evenings, composing a letter to The Times at the very dining table in support of Arabi Bey, arguing in favour of loosening the control that France and England had over Egyptian affairs, cajoling Sir William, who was of course a friend of the editor of The Times, to put pressure on the paper to publish his letter and support the cause.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Empty Family

• “They stacked up furniture, piece by piece, on top of the cherrywood dining table where the Ungars had eaten thousands of meals.”

  Simon & Schuster: One of a Kind

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