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high-backed

ADJECTIVE
  1. having a high back
    a high-backed sofa

How To Use high-backed In A Sentence

  • A very old man, shrunken and faded, a waxen wraith of his former self, was sitting in a high-backed armchair by the fireplace. ULTIMATE PRIZES
  • The man leaning against the high-backed chair was darkly handsome and Cassidy wondered if he was the infamous Ian Royale.
  • Nangi limped toward the high-backed chairs and, as he came round the side, saw that the one nearest him was occupied by a petite but noble-looking woman with pale, translucent skin, planular cheekbones and black, fiery almond eyes. The Kaisho
  • We stood before the Lord in the high-backed chair, and I saw that the wood figures of his regal throne were, of course, animalian, feline and diabolical. Vittorio, The Vampire
  • Reacher stood outside next to me and handed me the shoulder straps and radio cord from behind the high-backed seat.
  • Rachel pictured Cadmus the way he'd been at the wedding; sitting in his high-backed chair dispensing charm like a benediction. GALILEE
  • Wearing simple habits of black tunics, hooded scapulars, and long-sleeved cuculas or robes, the monks walk reverently through a glass-lined hallway - called a slype - that connects the monastery and the church, then bow before the altar, and take their places in high-backed choir stalls where they pray, sing, chant, and recite the liturgy. Sunday Reading
  • Rachel pictured Cadmus the way he'd been at the wedding; sitting in his high-backed chair dispensing charm like a benediction. GALILEE
  • Sammy sat glumly in the comfy, high-backed chair in her room.
  • An array of leather high-backed chairs and two large settees would certainly make visitors welcome.
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