Sentence examples for washstand from inspiring English sources

The washstand consisted of a wooden structure of varying shape and complexity intended to accommodate a large basin, a pitcher, a toothbrush jar, and various other toilet accessories, frequently including one or more chamber pots housed in cupboards at the base of the structure.

Massively and ornately constructed, they were usually part of a bedroom suite consisting of drawers, washstand, dressing table, and bed.

The top and the "splash back" that terminated the washstand were usually of marble or tiles set into a wooden frame; occasionally the basin was suspended from a circular hole cut into the table surface.

NED (putting his black slouch hat on the washstand and throwing his raincoat in a heap on the floor — shortly): Hello, Jimmy.

The priest's barren cell in that film she saw recently about the passionate but impossible romance between a priest and a nun, for example, had slanted ceilings and a washstand with a towel bar and a basin that looked much like this one, though everything was white.

Alone afterward, in the cell with the washstand, the priest — though you couldn't actually see this — was committing the sin of onanism when the nun reappeared before him in all her resplendent earthly beauty, dressed only in her wimple, with a golden crucifix dangling from a chain between her exquisite breasts.

They were essentially palaestrae, or open-air, square-shaped sports grounds surrounded by colonnades in which were set up the necessary services: cloakrooms, washstands, training rooms, massage rooms, and classrooms.

From the mid-19th century, washstands became more elaborate, with mirrors, shelves, and other accessories incorporated into their structure.

Most of the surviving examples date from the 19th century and were made for Napoleon's campaigns; they include such items as small chests, folding seats, and washstands in three tiers resting on metal supports that could be unscrewed so that all the parts could be packed easily.

For his thirty-five guineas, Dickens got a claustrophobic twelve by six twoo stacked curtained bunks (no room to stow his trunk); two washstands, with jugs of water brought by stewards; a niggardly porthole, rather apt to leak; and a single oil lamp.

The new study covers tables and chairs with elaborately flared and turned legs, and necessities as humble as corn-shuck brooms and painted wood washstands.