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How to use boudoir in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Boudoir means a woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom. Example: “Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.”

Examples of boudoir by meaning

nounA woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

  • Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 154
  • I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

More sentences with boudoir

  • A young riveter follows a mistossed bolt into a rich girl's boudoir to prevent a fire.1980, Stanley Green, Rodgers and Hammerstein Fact Book, page 126. From the entry mistoss
  • Don't shower her with flowers—her boudoir already is junglesome enough to make Thorley look to his laurels.1916, W. J. Thorold, Arthur Hornblow, Our Players' Gallery, volumes 23-24. From the entry junglesome
  • My lady will be sitting in her boudoir, very much in negligee, about now.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 43. From the entry négligée
  • Instead, she hastens straight to the boudoir of the queen who chose celibacy as a means of wielding power.2014 February 7, Kathryn Harrison, “The body politic”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry body politic
  • Just say no to exposed bra straps unless you are in your boudoir in French knickers and a matching balconette-bra ensemble.2005 July 31, Jo Adams, “Dressing for the heat”, in The Observer. From the entry balconette bra
  • The bride was a shocking housekeeper and dragged round all day in boudoir cap, frowsy negligee and mules—slip, slop, slip, slop.1944, Emily Carr, “First Tenant”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry mule
  • The boudoir that would be yours is a blue room.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry in petto
  • With her sensuous boudoir, lust for furniture, love affair with houses, and espousal of baked goods, hers is an appetitive domesticity geared to self-pleasure.2017, Susan Fraiman, Extreme Domesticity. From the entry domesticity
  • These garments became so fashionable that the sleekest of boudoir decorators ordered himself silk pajamas the colour and cut of unionalls and jumpers.2012, Anita Brenner, Idols Behind Altars: Modern Mexican Art and Its Cultural Roots. From the entry unionall
  • Then catching sight of Dorcas, the parlourmaid, going into the dining-room, she called to her to bring some stamps into the boudoir.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. From the entry parlourmaid
  • Don't be surprised if your geek lover puts more thought into arranging the boudoir than you do, or if common household items ("pervertibles") soon take on a new dimension.2009, Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. From the entry pervertible
  • Thenceforward the witch without a name held continuous receptions in the boudoir, and the boudoir gradually grew into an abode of mystery and strangeness, hypnotizing the entire house.1912, Arnold Bennett, “The Widow of the Balcony”, in The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories, London: Methuen, page 169. From the entry incantatory
  • I went to Aunt Dahlia's boudoir and repaired this omission, telephoning the communication to someone at the post office who would have been well advised to consult a good aurist.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII. From the entry aurist

Meaning of boudoir

  1. noun A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
  2. noun An army tent.

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Questions about boudoir in a sentence

How do you use boudoir in a sentence?
Boudoir is used as a noun. For example: “Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.”
What is a short sentence with boudoir?
“Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.”
What does boudoir mean?
Boudoir means a woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

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