diwan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He directed the intolerable gaze of his awful eyes upon the man who sat, teeth tightly clenched, watching him from the diwan.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
Finding the room to be occupied only by Miska, he crossed rapidly to the diwan, bending over her with infinite pity and tenderness.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
We then mounted a carriage, fought our way through the donkeys, and in half an hour found ourselves, chibuk in mouth and coffee-cup in hand, seated on the diwan of my friend Larking's hospitable home.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
What appears advisable is that we should devote this introduction to a commentary on the poems here translated; which we call a "diwan," by the way, because they are selected out of all his works.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry
Her beautiful face a mask of anguish, Miska cowered upon the diwan, watching the closed doors.
From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax
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