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Example sentences for "upholstered"

Lexicographically close words:
upholders; upholdeth; upholding; upholds; upholster; upholsterer; upholsterers; upholstering; upholstery; upkeep
  1. Remove the carpet, curtains, and all stuffed or upholstered furniture.

  2. Calling to the negro to pry open the window with a walking-stick, he threw himself into a big, upholstered chair.

  3. The chairs, the sofas, the little tabourets, were upholstered in yellow, their wood matching the panels.

  4. Honora sank down in one of the upholstered light blue satin chairs and gazed at the shining brass of the coal grate set in the marble mantel, above which hung an engraving of Sir Joshua Reynolds' cherubs.

  5. Finally we found ourselves established in a compartment upholstered in light grey, with tassels and arm-supporters, on the window of which was pasted a poster with the word reserved in large, red letters.

  6. Thrusting a wadded evening paper into a crevice he sank in an upholstered corner while his chauffeur skillfully worked out through a small confusion of similar motor activity.

  7. It was comfortable in the luxuriously upholstered seat and, in spite of herself, Lavinia sank back with a contented sigh.

  8. The girls followed Mrs. Fabian to the best room that opened from the large kitchen, and to their horror they saw that the sofa referred to was a hideous Victorian affair of walnut frame upholstered in awful red mohair plush.

  9. On each side of the fireplace were broad silvered arm-chairs upholstered in torn white silk.

  10. The seats are upholstered in gray plush and are provided with sliding extensions for sleeping at night.

  11. Geraldine was conscious of the slight flush which she always felt in her cheeks when Jack's name was mentioned, but she gladly joined the others, sinking into the luxurious depths of a softly upholstered cosy-comfort chair.

  12. Down on a comfortably upholstered chair she sank, thrusting her feet out toward the blaze.

  13. Then, there were several easy chairs upholstered in leather, a couch and two other desks.

  14. He dropped his huge body upon the leather-upholstered chair beside him, and crossed one leg over the other, while Duncan retained his attitude beside the table, still with that questioning expression in his eyes.

  15. Gillian frowned at his cigarette and kicked the upholstered leather of a divan uneasily.

  16. He did so without slackening his speed, and fell into the turkey-red upholstered seat beside the chauffeur.

  17. There was a thick oriental carpet on the floor, and all the mahogany furniture was upholstered in red morocco.

  18. Over the upholstered shoulder of Miss Million's American cousin I caught her eye.

  19. They were all foisting him upon me, this young American with the sleek, mouse-coloured hair and the upholstered shoulders!

  20. Here was a peach of a room, to use her own expression—a room all furnished and upholstered in green, with sleepy hollow chairs and a roll-top desk in one corner.

  21. Across the hall from the drawing-room was the music-room, all furnished in blue upholstered satin, and containing two pianos, a grand and an upright.

  22. The greatest part of the room along its whole length was covered with matting and had nothing else but a long, narrow leather-upholstered bench fixed to the wall.

  23. And because it was upholstered and expensive and regal, it enjoyed the isolation of greatness.

  24. And no upholstered cars are allowed to be used.

  25. It is time we began to study live animals, in place of uncanny dried skins and badly upholstered “specimens,” so-called.

  26. The top bunk is made like the frame of a cheap cot, but in place of being upholstered it has a strong piece of canvas stretched across it.

  27. He bowed and motioned his visitor to a rocker, upholstered with a worn piece of Axminster and a bit of yellow silk with half a dragon on it.

  28. She found out a match, immediately lighting two jets of a center-chandelier, turning them down from singing, drawing the shades of the two front and the southeast windows, stooping over the upholstered chair to imprint a light kiss.

  29. She dropped down into the upholstered chair beside the base-burner, the pink and moisture of exertion out in her face, took to fanning herself with the end of a face-towel flung across her arm.

  30. Along the walls were arranged about a dozen painted chairs, upholstered with haircloth, in holes here and there, and a sofa of the same kind with its back bulging out, like the chest of an old-time general.

  31. That gentleman leaned easily back in the upholstered theater chair.

  32. Martha threw herself on the luxuriously upholstered lounge in a paroxysm of sobs.

  33. In front of a modest writing-table covered with green baize was a large Voltaire arm-chair upholstered in red morocco; and about the room were a few other ebony chairs covered in brown cloth.

  34. My billiard-table is stacked up with books relating to the Sandwich Islands; the walls are upholstered with scraps of paper penciled with notes drawn from them.

  35. Against the wall by which we entered and in the middle space was a large gilt throne chair, upholstered in red plush, and upon it sat a man bowed with age; his hair was silvery white and as pure as the driven snow.

  36. Every bit of furniture here is old Colonial and is upholstered in green to match the color of the hangings.

  37. As he stood in the center of the narrow space, looking around him, his eye fell upon the upholstered seats ranged along one side and he regarded them suspiciously.

  38. Upholstered seats, rather narrow but long and quite comfortable, were built against the wall and supported by richly carved frames of ebony and panels of cherry.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "upholstered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.