anteroom
a waiting room.
Origin of anteroom
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How to use anteroom in a sentence
Beside her in the anteroom was her adviser Avinash Persaud, a close friend since the days when they each studied at the London School of Economics, where she received her law degree in 1986.
Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming | by Abrahm Lustgarten | July 27, 2022 | ProPublicaThere was a black kid waiting in the anteroom and I asked him if he would stand up for us.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt this time, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth made his own alcohol and served it to colleagues in his anteroom.
Return of the Boozy Politician | Rebecca Dana, Samuel P. Jacobs | November 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the corporate lobbyists arrived, however, they were told to cool their heels in an anteroom.
Left alone in the anteroom, mademoiselle crossed to the window and dropped limply into a chair.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
No servant of the chateau was allowed past the door of the outer anteroom, now commonly spoken of as the guardroom of the tower.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniWith a half-smile he rose, and going to the door he bade his page who was idling in the anteroom go summon the captain.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe next moment he is having a cooling drink among his confrères in the anteroom.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith"Speak very low; he is in there," she said, pointing to the anteroom where Millar was hiding.
The Devil | Joseph O'Brien
British Dictionary definitions for anteroom
/ (ˈæntɪˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /
a room giving entrance to a larger room, often used as a waiting room
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