How To Use Divan In A Sentence

Of course people have noticed before that Matisse posed his models in flimsy, filmy harem pants on divans and cushions covered with flowered or striped stuffs against fabric screens and curtains.
Sheols of houris in chems upon divans, (revolted stellas vespertine vesamong them) at a bare (O!) mention of the scaly rybald exclaimed: Poisse! Finnegans Wake
It was long, built around two sections of the tetragon, and with low divans beneath the view windows. Operation Haystack
There's also a cigar divan serving Cuban stogies and decorated with paintings from the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound.
It appears that Rasheed has a history of criticising the Maldivan state religion in his writing - it is a legal requirement for citizens of the Maldives to be Muslims - and he has since written to Amnesty International to request help in seeking temporary asylum. New Humanist Blog

But I spent the remains of the afternoon lounging on the divan with Ali-Bab, nibbling almonds, sipping mint tea, and listening to the water bubbling merrily in his hookah.
It was a modest but comfortably furnished room with a divan, low tables and large leather cushions on the floor.
For example, instead of putting a lavish bed into the bedroom we bought a standard divan bed and had a headboard made.
For a moment I thought it must be an exclusive brothel, for we were in a great salon all plush and gilt and mirrors, with thick carpet and velvet divans and curtains looped back by silver cords, and Junoesque females of perfect complexion drifting about. THE NUMBERS
Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan.
He looked in the direction next to the couch or divan that he was lying on, and saw a woman, sitting there next to him.
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When we sit for dinner it is on divans against walls covered with rich Moroccan fabrics.
You now return to the large hall where you first undressed, wrap in woollen shawls, and recline on a divan. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
Earlier this year, the bank's chairman, Ali Divandari, said Mellat's foreign-exchange reserves had doubled from a year earlier, despite the American sanctions. U.A.E. Cuts Off Ties to Iran Banks
The huge figure settled itself onto the divan next to Ramses, who wrinkled his nose involuntarily as a wave of patchouli wafted round him. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
Some claim that the term ‘Divan’ is an Arabized Persian word while AI-Kalkashandy argued that it is an Arabic word.
Another European form, older than divan, and app. directly from Arabic, is It. dovana, doana, now dogana, F. douane in 15th c. douwaine, custom-house: see DOUANE.For a more discursive collection of definitions, with 19th-century stabs at etymology, see the Hobson-Jobson entry. Languagehat.com: DIVAN.
They are most often found on drawer divans.
I spotted Jonas and his friends lounging on ornate, divan couches in the ‘mirror’ room.
A small dark man sat cross-legged on a divan, and Hugh made an unpracticed little bow.
Meanwhile, back in the ‘real’ world, feast your eyes on these canine accessories, including this insane dog divan.
Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
I found her lying on a silken divan in the deserted house, her hands clasped over a little white flower like an odontoglossum, which lay on her breast. Fire-Tongue
The poor consul got a lamp for us with a bit of wax-candle, such as I wonder his means could afford; the shabby janissary marched ahead with his tin mace; the two laquais-de-place, that two of our company had hired, stepped forward, each with an old sabre, and we went clattering and stumbling down the streets of the town, in order to seize upon this cadi in his own divan. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Chicken divan is one of those things that I think most families have a "version" of ... it definitely is a typical American comfort food. Family Recipes: Chicken Divan, The Spiced Life Family Style
The costume of the East certainly does not exaggerate the fatal progress of time; if a figure becomes too portly, the flowing robe conceals the incumbrance which is aggravated by a western dress; he, too, who wears a turban has little dread of grey hairs; a grizzly beard indeed has few charms, but whether it were the lenity of time or the skill of his barber in those arts in which Asia is as experienced as Europe, the beard of the master of the divan became the rest of his appearance, and flowed to his waist in rich dark curls, lending additional dignity to a countenance of which the expression was at the same time grand and benignant. Tancred Or, The New Crusade
Normally when I take a cigar, my analysand cannot see me eagerly sniff its length and place my lips tenderly around its butt, for the analysand is reclining on a divan, and I am sitting behind the spot upon which his or her gaze would rest. Early Thoughts on the Oedipus Complex
The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans.
Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan.
The room was simply furnished with a large divan facing the TV set, two comfortable looking armchairs, all surrounding a wooden table.
I sleep on a small divan, which is only five feet long, so we have to add a few chairs to make it longer. The Diary Of A Young Girl
She was lounging on a divan, and looked rather uncomfortable - like she was hurt.
Some time later found the pair in Ie's chambers, sitting on a simple divan colored a subtle mauve, discussing times gone by.
A typewriter and other business tools of the day were also fitted to the aircraft's interior, with lengthwise divans and large rotating single seats occupying the rear two thirds of the cabin.
The poor consul got a lamp for us with a bit of wax-candle, such as I wonder his means could afford; the shabby janissary marched ahead with his tin mace; the two laquais-de-place, that two of our company had hired, stepped forward, each with an old sabre, and we went clattering and stumbling down the streets of the town, in order to seize upon this cadi in his own divan. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Then, having finished apparelling us and still chuckling, the two touched our arms and led us out, into a room whose circular sides were ringed with soft divans. The Moon Pool
The episode of the divan on the stairs had occurred three days ago.
In drawers under the divan bed were four large bags of herbal cannabis and five smaller bags.
The drawing-room is full of sofas, and divans, and ottomans, and a _causeuse_, a little Real Folks
We went up to the room with an armful of blankets and set about making the divan and the bed next to it.
The palace comprises tall, elaborately decorated rooms where the Khan held his divans, or council meetings.
Looking again she realised there wasn't a mattress on the bed, just a thin bedspread covering a divan, with drawers underneath.
The huge figure settled itself onto the divan next to Ramses, who wrinkled his nose involuntarily as a wave of patchouli wafted round him. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
Treats include canine menus and room service, doggy divans and chocs. The Sun
He stamped twice upon mosaicked stones between two of the pillars, and a screen rolled aside, revealing an immense hall scattered about with low divans on which lolled a dozen or more of the dwarfish men, dressed identically as he. The Moon Pool
You sit on divans at low tables, as waiters in fezzes and djellebas produce dishes like magicians from velvet tagine-shaped platters.
Alyssa is a good person to bring up at this point, because I know she makes her Chicken Divan very differently. Archive 2009-05-01
We put a divan in this arbour, which overlooked the rushing river; and that and the housetop were our favourite places to smoke on cool summer evenings. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
Of course people have noticed before that Matisse posed his models in flimsy, filmy harem pants on divans and cushions covered with flowered or striped stuffs against fabric screens and curtains.
Within the horseshoe curve was a genuine Turkish divan, that is to say, a mattress resting directly upon the floor, a mattress as large as a bed, a divan fifty feet in circumference and covered with white cashmere, relieved by tufts of black and poppy-red silk arranged in a diamond pattern. Honore de Balzac
Survivors include four children, Firoozeh Studivant of Greenbelt, Jamshid Firouzi of Lanham, Faegheh Naraghi-Arani of Foothill Ranch, Calif., and Faezeh Inayati of San Luis, Argentina; two brothers; two sisters; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Maryam S. Firouzi, Baha'i Faith follower
There's also a cigar divan serving Cuban stogies and decorated with paintings from the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound.
The one bit of decoration comes from the ornate golden divan set up on a platform near the front of the restaurant, which is often used for Iftaar parties (when the fast is broken at Ramadan), henna ceremonies known as mehndi, and weddings and baby showers. Baltimore City Paper
Beds with slatted wooden or metal bases provide better circulation of air around the mattress than divan beds.
Tansey sat in an armchair, and Sorel, looking very much at ease, sprawled on a divan where Tansey suspected he slept. WIDOW'S END
Bloomberg News "Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine)," a 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani sits on display during a fall auction preview at Sotheby The price bump showed that Modigliani's collectors are willing to stretch for his instantly recognizable icons, even if they still tend to bypass his lesser-known drawings — a safe-bet philosophy that's emblematic of the entire art market during this rebuilding year. Sotheby's Sells $68.9 Million Modigliani
She pulled the low writing desk to the divan, and reached into the jar.
Long story short, I'm up to my elbow under his divan bed, when I feel a packet of tissues.
As an example of minimalism to the extreme, Hanson used only a cluttered desk and a divan to suggest Higgins' study.
The activities continue even at night with moonlit campfire tales by a Maldivan storyteller or guided stargazing. TravelDailyNews.com
After this age the diameter of the cigarette increases year by year; and when a lady has reached the mature age of twenty-four, no one sees anything remarkable in her smoking a modest little chibouque as she sits on the lower divan of the harem. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce
A little room in the shade hung with yellow matting, no chairs, but a wide divan at the far end, where a few Moors sat cross-legged or reclined, smoking long pipes of soothing kif, and eating the pernicious haschisch -- this constitutes a café. In the Tail of the Peacock
Many farmers have presold some of their anticipated harvests to take advantage of high prices, as Mr. Sturdivant did. Outlook for Food Prices: High
The firm had been operating in Sutton for 22 years producing headboards and drawer divans for Silentnight.
Beds, which include divans, mattresses and bedsteads, were valued at £974m, with bedsteads the major growth sector in recent years.
She did not speak when he lifted her effortlessly and carried her to the divan, undoing her choli and her ghagara, laying her out in front of his gaze. Shadow Princess
At the far end of the room, stirring, slowly oozing from under the divan was a-- a Thing! The Cost
Type B - up to four people one twin bedroom, living-room with double divan bed, verandah, kitchenette, private facilities.
Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
King, where the divan was already assembled, and the King had taken his seat on the throne. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They piled out into a bigger room with several worn couches and divans.
Opening a side door, he saw a small, ornately - furnished parlor with two divans facing each other.
There was no upholstered furniture in which anything could have been concealed; even the divan was a rattan affair; there were only rugs upon the floors. An American Suffragette
The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans.
One of the men was found hiding in the divan unit of a bed.
A deep, luxurious carpet covered the floor, and several divans were situated around the room.
Here is the divan on which Catherine, overcome by love, often rested. RIDDLE ME THIS
Now this my grandsire was a man whose word was law and every day he held a Divan wherein the traders craved his counsel about taking and giving and selling and buying; and this endured until what while a sickness attacked him and he sensed his end drawing near. Arabian nights. English
Opposite the divan is a great bay-window, with a divan likewise round the niche. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
The lobby has been transformed into a funky pseudo-greenroom, cram-full of couches, armchairs and divans.
Every year the divan, the ruling council of the Pirate Republic of Bou Regreg met to elect two officers for the year.
He found Mullen hiding inside the divan bed and he detained him until the police returned.
He found his highness reclining upon a divan, his back supported by cushions, smoking latakia in a chibouque, while an icoglan scratched the soles of his feet, and two slaves fanned him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
Its living room had cushions and divans, and the kind owner offered us a room for the night.
Opening with a full bosomed woman, Grace Tranfield (Rachel Botchan) in a compromising position with a known philanderer Leonard Charteris (Bradford Cover) on a divan, this comedy replete with Shavian tropes on such forward thinking subjects as the sexes, the coy pleasures of friendship vs. marriage, the virtues and joylessness of vegetarianism, the dialogue could have been lifted from the pages of a lifestyle magazine. Regina Weinreich: Titillation and Tantrums: Shaw's Philanderer at the Pearl Theater
Woolsack sits there mute, we will say, a relic of other days, as seated in this divan. Framley Parsonage
Sophia's on the guest divan, reading a magazine and being of absolutely no help to her mother.
She glimpsed her mother lying feebly on a divan with a wrinkled, pallid face.
Type A for up to four people has a twin bedroom, living room with kitchenette and double divan bed, and bathroom.
U-Rest Foam is now on record as one of Zambia's major manufacturer of divan beds, foam sheets, cushions and pillows.
Toby: Yes, the dictionaries give a word divan 'sofa, couch' and another '1. Languagehat.com: DIVAN.
The popular image of the director at these sessions is rubbish: has any director ever actually lounged on a divan, smoking a cheroot, drawling ‘next!’
She was sitting by the window, where they had put up a makeshift divan with soft cushions and throw pillows, watching the rain fall.
In the rose garden was an arbour smothered in riotous bloom, and in the arbour was a divan, wide and low and voluptuously soft, meet for the repose of an invalid on a languorous afternoon, or indeed any other time. The Definite Object A Romance of New York
Each sitter is allowed a space upon a divan of yellow canework. The Eyes of Asia
One woman stretched out on the divan lounge, thoughtfully perusing a scroll.
Apartments: Types A1 and A2 - double bedroom, a lounge with two divan beds, a kitchenette and a shower.
I place the mugs on a small wooden tray and carry it out to the divan, trying not to spill the hot liquid.
The king holds court in the divan, where citizens can make requests or express complaints.
Beneath this window is a broad divan, and here, laved in tepid sea winds and soothed by rippling whispers against the ship's side, I sleep – the langorous, voluptuous sleep of the tropics; ... sink softly into that dim warm flood where one lies drenched, submerged in unconsciousness; a flood that ebbs slowly, slowly – bearing with it all fatigue and satiety – and leaves me on the shores of life again in a pale lilac dusk glimmering with great stars .... In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the tragic case of Ismail Mohamed Didi, a 25-year-old Maldivan who apparently committed suicide following the negative and abusive reaction he received to his admission that he was an atheist and not a Muslim believer. New Humanist Blog
After two hours had passed with no word from father or sweetheart she had buried herself in a divan and wept unrestrainedly. "The War of the Planets" by Harl Vincent, part 7
He paced to and fro in the moonlight there, and she, well-content, reclined upon the cushions of the divan, a thing of infinite grace, her gleaming eyes discreetly veiled from him -- waiting until her poison should have done its work. The Sea-Hawk
When we go and see him, that Irish Jew courier, whom I have before had the honor to describe, looks up from the novel which he is reading in the ante-room, and says, “Mon maitre est au divan,” or, “Monsieur trouvera Monsieur dans son serail,” and relapses into the Comte de Montecristo again. Our Street
I love brocoli and this chicken divan looks so so yummy delicous. Family Recipes: Chicken Divan, The Spiced Life Family Style
That wicker whatnot in the corner is already paid for, as are those lamps you see; and the couch or divan we are sharing has a collapsible back, and can be used as a bed when there are extra in the home. Archive 2009-03-01
Resting on the divan in the hall, noises of loud whispers and bursts of laughter reach my ears - coming from Sophia's room.
Covering the divan was a fine piece of Bokhara embroidery. The Drums of Jeopardy
But Whitelaw had just located a loose floorboard underneath the divan when he heard Donaldson calling to him. WIDOW'S END
As always, his attiring room looked windswept and severe: a plain chest, a narrow mirror, a low divan spread with furs.
Then said the Caliph, “O Ala al-Din, why hast thou absented thyself from the Divan?” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
As well as conventional divans, the company has a good selection of designs, iron and wooden bedsteads and upholstered contemporary frames, available in various fabrics.
However, now the Maldivan High Council on Islamic Matters has issued a press release claiming that Articles 16 and 18 of the Universal Declaration contravene the Maldivan Constitution. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Banned In Maldives
Gérard lay on an ancient divan that spewed thick bolts of stuffing from several holes. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
Looking again she realised there wasn't a mattress on the bed, just a thin bedspread covering a divan, with drawers underneath.
She should be here soon, ‘Jamie answered offering Jude a seat on the divan.’
She stood firm under their weight, gently ushering them back into the room and onto one of the divans.
The traditions of the house ascribe the existence of this erection to a certain family divan, where -- say the chronicles -- the salic law was set at nought, and some pungent matters of style were considered. Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
A small dark man sat cross-legged on a divan, and Hugh made an unpracticed little bow.
The furnishings were of the utmost splendor, blue-gold and blue gems being profusely used in the decorations, while the divans and chairs were of richly carved bluewood upholstered in blue satins and silks. Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies
Egged on by climate alarmists, successive Maldivan leaders since the 1980s have pleaded for vast sums of international aid to save them from rising sea levels. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
Simon Horn also has mattresses and divan, bedside tables, chests of drawers, ottomans and wardrobes.
Opening with a full bosomed woman, Grace Tranfield (Rachel Botchan) in a compromising position with a known philanderer Leonard Charteris (Bradford Cover) on a divan, this comedy replete with Shavian tropes on such forward thinking subjects as the sexes, the coy pleasures of friendship vs. marriage, the virtues and joylessness of vegetarianism, the dialogue could have been lifted from the pages of a lifestyle magazine. Regina Weinreich: Titillation and Tantrums: Shaw's Philanderer at the Pearl Theater
Types B1 and B2 - double bedroom, a twin room, a lounge with divan, kitchenette and shower.
He rolled out of bed and sat at the edge of the divan, looking into the mirror beside his cot.
I found him, the Russian Consul, and the Vicomte de Perrochel all sitting on the divan with their legs well tucked under them, clutching their sticks, and looking absurdly uncomfortable at the affreuse bête, as the Vicomte called it. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
Both laid themselves down on the divan; chibouques with jasmine tubes and amber mouthpieces were within reach, and all prepared so that there was no need to smoke the same pipe twice.
Types B1 and B2 - double bedroom, a twin room, a lounge with divan, kitchenette and shower.

How To Use Divan In A Sentence

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