Example Sentences

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Flash forward one year, and you’ll find us no longer together—we amicably parted ways in the spring—and my ex-boyfriend still chairless.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2015

And later that day Mr Putin made a point of keeping the bosses of four Western energy companies waiting to see him in a dark, chairless foyer for three hours.

From Economist • Jun. 28, 2012

But the chief executives of BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell and Chevron stood with a dozen colleagues in a dark, chairless foyer, shifting from foot to foot on Thursday as they waited three hours for an audience.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2012

The chairless back row looked far more happy than the front, like the carefree junior editors of a college publication who are always relegated to the back of the yearbook picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the burly-burly was over some child was always chairless, of course.

From Roast Beef, Medium by Ferber, Edna