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The small, rectangular white-curtained windows were coated with salted mist, and the siding had streaks of gray, remnants from the fury of a dozen hurricanes.
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Susan tells how one day her mother was sitting in her white-curtained, white-counterpaned, white-cushioned bedroom, reading her Bible, when “into this pure and peaceful atmosphere walked Peggy, unkempt, unwashed, dirty and disgusting beyond description.”
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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I was ushered into a large bright airy room, the pretty white-curtained beds, with their strip of bright carpet beside each bed, and in almost every window pretty flowing plants gave the room a most cheerful and homelike appearance.
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I was ushered into a large bright airy room, the pretty white-curtained beds, with their strip of bright carpet beside each bed, and in almost every window pretty flowing plants gave the room a most cheerful and homelike appearance.
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The porch had been freshly painted, and shiny black shutters sandwiched rectangular white-curtained windows on both floors like offset piano keys.
Nights in Rodanthe Sparks, Nicholas 2002
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With unmistakable bright morning light streaming in at the white-curtained windows.
The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992
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In this part of the performance a light, roofed, white-curtained palanquin had been carried on the stage by the four turbaned, plumed fellows.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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Karpo did not glance at the white-curtained windows of Lubyanka nor at the shiny brass fittings on the door as he walked up the steps flanked by the two KGB men who had left their car at curb.
A Cold Red Sunrise Kaminsky, Stuart M. 1988
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There was one white-curtained window and on the wall across from the desk, a painting of Lenin signing a document.
A Cold Red Sunrise Kaminsky, Stuart M. 1988
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In this part of the performance a light, roofed, white-curtained palanquin had been carried on the stage by the four turbaned, plumed fellows.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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