Etymology
Origin of wingback
Example Sentences
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Velvet wingback chairs flank a fireplace and a stained-glass window obscures the parking lot outside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
His best work comes from an inline or wingback position, where he can push people around.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024
“You have to take them back to your office,” said Washington, 46, as she sat, cross-legged, on a wingback chair at the Spence School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2023
Vivian is sitting in her favorite chair, the faded red wingback closest to the window, laptop open, nursing a cup of tea.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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