velvet carpet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t understand one effing thing that was said in the last 14 minutes,” actor Rainn Wilson said afterward at the microphone, the Hudson River like a velvet carpet behind him.
From Washington Post
The red velvet carpet in the Casa San Giovanni was littered with torn petals.
From The New Yorker
A minute later a stream of saw-dust oozed out from the beast's body, covering the piles of be-ribboned lace and linen, scattered all over the velvet carpet.
From Project Gutenberg
The thick grass had been mowed and cared for until it resembled a soft velvet carpet.
From Project Gutenberg
It was furnished in red, with a velvet carpet and satin brocade sofas, which seemed to the Dorrances quite the most beautiful furnishings they had ever looked upon.
From Project Gutenberg
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