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Example sentences for "commode"

Lexicographically close words:
committeth; committing; commixed; commixture; commoda; commodes; commodious; commodiously; commoditie; commodities
  1. Commode may refer to a room with a toilet (fixture) but without a sink.

  2. In cases of foreign bodies in the ear he says: Sternutamenta quoque admota id commode elidunt, aut oriculario clystere aqua vehementer intus compulsa (VI.

  3. A similar commode was sold in the Hamilton Palace sale for £4,305.

  4. His method was generally to make the centre panel of a commode front, or the frieze of a table, a tour de force, the marqueterie picture being wonderfully delicate.

  5. Style A Boule Commode French Sedan Chair Part of a Salon (Louis XV.

  6. This commode with the various objects upon it constituted the child-like altar which the lonely priest, six thousand feet above the sea and above modern culture, had raised to the God of beauty.

  7. An antique commode with lions'-heads holding rings in their mouths as handles to the heavy drawers, represented the luxury of the dwelling, and on this commode were all sorts of beautiful things.

  8. Table and commode lamps fall largely under this classification, for living room use, and vanity and boudoir lamps for bedroom use.

  9. Commode lamps are smaller than table lamps and are usually used to flank a sofa or as pairs on either side of a chair grouping.

  10. Commode lamps should be in proportion to the sofa with which they are used.

  11. We can imagine that the check-book and the three great drawers in the mahogany commode were not spared by that cloud of devouring locusts that swooped down upon "Moussiou Jansoulet's" salons.

  12. They had found fifty francs in the catch-all in which Sébastien kept his money on a little commode in the studio, well known to his needy friends, who had recourse to it without scruple.

  13. I never shall be able to get my commode and table into it.

  14. Guess what the child was lying in--an old muff, with hardly any fur left on it; they had stuffed the little fellow into that, and then taken out the drawer of a commode and put him in it for a bed.

  15. Sometimes, when Germinie had gone out, she would venture to rub a cloth over a commode or touch a frame with the duster, with her gouty hands.

  16. Upon the mahogany commode of an Empire pattern, a statue of Time in black bronze, running with his scythe in rest, served as a watch stand for a small watch with a monogram in diamonds upon blue enamel, surrounded with pearls.

  17. Her Commode was not half a Foot high, and her Petticoat within some Yards of a modish Circumference.

  18. Quam commode autem, quod id ipsum, quod me mones, quadriduo Page 275 regard to Patulcius' debt, it was most kind of you and just like yourself to come to my aid.

  19. When no commode was worn, a loose hood, thrown gracefully over the head and gathered at the shoulders, sometimes took its place.

  20. The simple head-dresses of the Restoration are changed for caps with long lace lappets, or for a cap whose top-knot or commode stood up stiff and fan-shaped like a section cut out of an old ruff.

  21. Beneath them they heard Mrs. Shorter dragging the commode back to its accustomed place, and then the sound of her footsteps descending the stair.

  22. Drag that commode under this," she told them.

  23. Keeping an eye through the door on his prisoner he lighted the lamp and carried it into the back room, setting it upon a commode which stood in one corner.

  24. You see, monsieur, what the New World has to do with the bottles which are on the commode and the wardrobe.

  25. In addition to this he perceived that the top of a wardrobe and the marble of a commode were covered with empty bottles.

  26. What connection can the New World have with the bottles which are on the commode and the wardrobe?

  27. Well, then," I admitted; "I miss something from my commode here.

  28. As we paused here for a moment, he noticed on the little commode a pair of pistols of American make, and, with a word of apology, took them up to examine them.

  29. He descended from the commode as softly as possible, taking care not to make the least noise.

  30. He leaped down from the commode and seized his hat.

  31. The commode in the Wallace Collection (illustrated p.

  32. Not so much can be said for the other commode of the rococo style, even though the mounts be by Caffieri and executed in masterly manner.

  33. The owner of the commode, a fox-hunting squire, knew nothing of its value, but he happened to know Quinney, and he offered the commode to Quinney for fifty pounds.

  34. Sell that commode for what it is, a fine copy executed at the end of the eighteenth century.

  35. Susan felt crushed, but a leaven of her mother in her constrained her to reply: "I hope that commode is worth nine hundred pounds.

  36. Gustavus Lark heard, of course, that a Melchester dealer, newly settled in Soho Square, had bought a commode said to be painted by Angelica Kauffman for nine hundred pounds.

  37. He had gone to Melshire to buy a certain satin-wood commode with panels painted by Angelica Kauffman.

  38. He sold the commode to an American millionaire for two thousand five hundred pounds, but Quinney, fortunately for his peace of mind, never discovered this till some years had passed.

  39. I might have bought that commode for a level fifty.

  40. Is that the commode which you bought in Melshire?

  41. This commode is quite as good in its way as the Gobelins, but it ought not to be next that cabinet.

  42. The commode had been advertised as part of the contents of an ancient manor house.

  43. As soon as he entered the room he perceived the satin-wood commode standing in the place of honour.

  44. He knew where the commode was, and what price had been paid for it.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commode" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    cabinet; can; chamber; cupboard; latrine; potty; stool; throne; toilet; urinal