How to Use armoire in a Sentence

armoire

noun
  • Is there a story to the large armoire in the living room?
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
  • The two-poster bed, armoire, bench, and dressers are all in the brown Wrangler stain.
    Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • The inky armoire and art framing add a bit of daring to the space, the designer said.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • Tall aqua blue vase on top of armoire by Roost through Bloom Flowers.
    Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Once built, these wardrobes aren't mobile like an armoire.
    Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Folded up, this Murphy bed has the look of a streamlined armoire.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 26 May 2022
  • The first step to a cooler bed is to store the heavy down duvet or comforter in the armoire or blanket chest until fall.
    Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Laid-back upholstered seating and a stately armoire that houses the TV lend a place to take in movies.
    Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There were Disney characters blazoned on the curtains, the soap, the armoire.
    James Marcus, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Guest rooms are simple: white tile floors, wooden armoires, crisp linen.
    Stephen Heyman, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Don’t be afraid to place antique lacquer armoire from China next to a Saarinen womb chair!
    Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 5 Aug. 2020
  • In one room an object that looks like a mirrored wooden armoire lies on its back, as if marooned.
    The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • With a round 10-seat table, two large Asian armoires and deep colors, this has become the exclamation point of the house.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Some furniture, such as the dining room buffet and a huge armoire in the living room, feels antique.
    Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 17 May 2017
  • The Inn offers a European and Southern feel with wood armoires and four-post beds in the bedrooms and live music playing in the lobby.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • A dress from Paris hangs in the armoire, and drawers hold exquisite underthings.
    Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Thirty years later, the antique armoires at the White House remain intact.
    Kevin Liptak, CNN, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Its wood door is 48 inches wide on the outside and 36 inches wide on the inside to accommodate an armoire.
    Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The suites are adorned with thoughtful designs like a moveable work desk and spacious armoires that allow guests to unpack and unwind with ease.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Also in those rooms, wood armoires suggest the home interiors of the Davises’ era, while the beds’ large green headboards nod to the Wrigley’s pastoral expanse.
    Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The design team also built both Jessica and her mom their own hanging daybeds by the pool, made with Spanish armoire doors found in an antique store.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2020
  • There’s also an intricate ceiling-height armoire with trees and flowers on the doors and florals painted on the bathroom door and the kitchen ceiling.
    Jenny Xie, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2021
  • And legend has it that, in room 309, a cheating gambler hiding in an armoire was shot to death and regularly returns as a ghost.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The kitchen is open to a family room with a cathedral beamed ceiling, golf course views and a fireplace flanked by decorative armoires.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Green glass demijohns sit atop an antique armoire that Colby picked up from a secondhand store.
    Garrett Snyder, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
  • Richard found Emma on the beach, deeply wounded, and brought her to Alfred Duperier, a doctor who had survived the storm by tying himself to an armoire and floating on it for 20 hours.
    Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 4 Jan. 2017
  • Richard found Emma on the beach, deeply wounded, and brought her to Alfred Duperier, a doctor who had survived the storm by tying himself to an armoire and floating on it for 20 hours.
    Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 4 Jan. 2017
  • House of history The repurposed armoire, which was likely produced in the 1980s, is far from being the oldest furniture piece in the home.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2019
  • Amazon has an armoire’s worth of shearling fleece pullovers just like mine in similar styles, each with small variations.
    Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2024
  • According to Crumbley, the gun his son used to shoot up his school was hidden in his bedroom armoire, unloaded in a case, with the bullets hidden in a separate drawer.
    Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024

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