How to Use divan in a Sentence

divan

noun
  • The seats and divan were designed and built in-house.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
  • We weren’t permitted to sit on these divans and chaises, much less eat anywhere near them.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Platinum blond crabeater seals lounged on divans of drifting ice, basking in the sun.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The job interview happened in a hotel lobby, in front of dozens of strangers, on a couple of chairs, near some tasteful divans.
    — Dan Steinberg, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Their flowers, red, rose above the courtyard and the divan where the village elders met, over the ten balconies and the stairway windows.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the Phillips Collection work, the painter’s chair is empty and Laurette, on the divan, has shed her clothes.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • For instance, the designers covered a linear divan in a leafy green velvet edged with a casually rustic jute fringe.
    — Michelle Slatalla, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The interior includes a side-facing divan, which passengers can convert into a bed.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But a few hours later, while Maleficent dozed on a divan, wings folded as tightly against her back as a bird’s, Aurora was still wide-awake.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Further innovations are the flexible, swing-out tables and the attractive entertainment area with a three-seat divan.
    — Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2007
  • As a backdrop to smart slacks and lush knits are a Jean Nouvel table and a divan with a custom version of a traditional bamboo sleeping mat.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The divan’s red floral cover dominates the composition, setting off the tangle of thick black outlines and shadows defining her recumbent body.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • Victorian fainting couches, rattan divans, or an Elvis-image lacquered toilet seat?
    — Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Passenger seating was 2 fouroccupant divans, one facing forward, the other rearward.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Expect cabins overflowing with drapes, cake tier stands, divans and friezes and a dining car that works minor miracles with local produce to create meals that would satisfy even the most demanding of kings or emirs.
    — Rob Crossan, CNN, 5 June 2017
  • Indoor palm trees, eclectically upholstered divans, warm lighting and close-quarter seating make for a lush, intimate and sophisticated space.
    — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 23 Aug. 2017
  • One hotel manager began walking outside to get from one end of the building to the other, to avoid passing through the lobby, where persnickety widows would invariably be positioned on the divans, ready to greet him with a barrage of complaints.
    — Julie Satow, New York Times, 7 June 2019
  • Magpie interior designer Lorenzo Castillo is behind the menagerie of antique toby jugs, propeller fans, tapestries, and Turkish silk divans in shades of red and blue.
    — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2023
  • De la Fressange took her time furnishing the place, mixing antiques and vintage pieces, many acquired from eBay and flea markets, with divans and armchairs from the Paris shop Caravane and classic striped fabrics.
    — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 29 Dec. 2011

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