washstand

How To Use washstand In A Sentence

• Upstairs were the bedrooms; “mother-and-father’s room” the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a “washstand, ” a “bureau, ” a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
• The washstand should have a full set of toilet mats, or a large towel with a colored border may be laid on it; also, a splasher placed on the wall at the back of the stand is very essential. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
• On the floor in front of the washstand is a pitcher half full of water; also a large waste-water jar of the cheapest type. The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911
• A mahogany breakfast table sold at ￡200; an astral glazed pine cupboard ￡200 and a marble top washstand ￡180.
• In the corner behind the door, shining hob-nailed shoes stood in a row under the slab of the washstand, near a bottle of oil with a feather stuck in its mouth; a Matthieu Laensberg lay on the dusty mantelpiece amid gunflints, candle-ends, and bits of amadou. Madame Bovary
• Hung on the corner of the washstand is a soiled towel. The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911
• On the floor beside the washstand is an English-made leather gentleman's hatbox dating from about 1830 to 1850.
• He stretched enormously, crossed to the washstand, and poured hot water into the basin, then frowned.
• To estimate the range of spray around the washstands, we measured relative humidity at different distances using a hygrometer.
• The room was pretty much laid out as her own one was - four beds, four chests, four desks and chairs, and a washstand at the far end.