What is "longue"

Usage examples of "longue".

Donning a beruffled dressing gown of blue cambric, she reclined on the chaise longue in her sitting-room.

A la tombee du jour, il grimpait les degres, ayant sous chaque bras une boite longue et noire, qui renfermait, assurement, les lunettes et les mineraux.

She lifted a decanter of clear liquid and filled two sherry glasses, then she arranged herself on a small chaise longue, taking up all the space in an unprovocative way that denied the possibility of his joining her on it.

The daybed may have been a rare work from the studio of wunderkind furniture designer Ben Zen, but as far as Samantha was concerned, it certainly put the longue in chaise.

Dona Elizabete drowsed on a chaise longue in the dappled shade of palms and one huge monkeypod tree.

With these considerations firmly in mind, Joe carried the dynamite into his shop, wrapped it in thick plastic sheeting and tied it all together tightly, and then he stored it where no team of state chotas, no matter how stupid, would ever be able to find it Ladd Devine reclined under the midsummer stars in a chaise longue on the roof over his office.

Bemadette came over and pushed the wheelchair and its container of oxygen while he carried Laure to the plush chaise longue and carefully placed her on it.

The brevity of his poems, for he wrote nothing de longue haleine, would place him among the minor singers.

I could see the foot of a coral satin chaise longue sticking out, with a rumpled coverlet on it and a discarded bedroom slipper or mule lying under it toe up.

Two of the girls were seated on the lawn, the third, one of the brunettes, was seated on the foot of Anne-Marie's chaise longue.

He sprawled back against the armrest of the chaise longue, and slurped the rest of his beer.

I didn't even bother to change out of my garden-party dress, but forced myself to sit on the chaise longue and wait patiently.

They reached the open doorway and as I turned to look, the steps became soundless as the shockingly bandaged man slowly crossed the great rug toward a chaise longue.

She heaved herself up from the chaise longue on which she was reclining.

The chamber was ornate, but very small, and aside from the table and a pair of oval-backed chairs, held only a luxuriously padded green-velvet chaise longue.