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Example sentences for "foyer"

Lexicographically close words:
foxlike; foxskin; foxtail; foxy; foy; fra; fracas; fraction; fractional; fractionation
  1. In all that big, busy foyer Sophy Gold herself was the one person distinctly out of the picture.

  2. He swung back into the foyer of the plant and faced a dark corner, bringing instant, essential relief to his pulsating photocells.

  3. Silently, lost in his computations, he rolled around and around the foyer for a long, long time.

  4. The corridor led into the foyer of the building, jammed with plant personnel.

  5. The foyer was crowded, and wherever Monsieur Voltaire was he became a beacon light; no one could help watching him or listening to him, unless, of course, Count Saxe was present.

  6. He would purposely sneak up-stairs and sit on one of the soft sofas in the foyer simply to see the well-dressed diners go in and come out.

  7. The great wall space of over one thousand square feet, unobstructed by a single column, in the main foyer of the building was decided upon as the place for the pivotal note to be struck by some mural artist.

  8. In the thronged foyer they saw Mr. Gilman, alone, before he saw them.

  9. In the foyer not a trace of the Foa clan nor of Madame Piriac and her husband, nor of Mr. Gilman!

  10. And yet at the same time she was furious against that group in the foyer for being so easily dissuaded from going to see Musa in the artists' room.

  11. Will you come into the foyer for a moment?

  12. Littlemore’s pursuit of fresh air didn’t lead him to the street; he had passed his arm into Waterville’s and when they reached the fine frigid staircase that ascends to the public foyer he began silently to mount it.

  13. The foyer was not crowded; only a dozen groups were scattered over the polished floor, several others having passed out to the balcony which overhangs the square of the Palais Royal.

  14. The detective stepped briskly out of the room and glided through the foyer hall to the front door.

  15. If I did it wasn't farther than the foyer or the downstairs steps.

  16. It was divided in two, and the stairs went right through the bottom half and opened into a circular foyer that then had a small flight of stairs running up to the main room.

  17. We went into the foyer after the performance.

  18. We went into the foyer after the performance and were presented to the Princess.

  19. The Emperor told me afterward in the foyer that the flames were nothing but chiffon, lighted with electric lights, and blown up with a fan from beneath.

  20. Now, then," he said, leading the way up the foyer into the theatre.

  21. Salomon Molina entered the minister's cabinet just as he made his way into the foyer of the Opéra, with swelling chest, tilted chin and stomach thrust forward.

  22. He entered the building foyer and looked at the name plates above the twin rows of buttons.

  23. He found the superintendent stiffly on guard in the foyer and gave him his final instructions.

  24. The superintendent admitted Kirk to the Dakin apartment and went down to the foyer to ring the bell in case the girl arrived at the wrong time.

  25. The foyer was very quiet at this time of day, and he could hear the faint rasp of her bell through the speaking tube.

  26. Kirk walked softly across the large foyer room and quietly pushed open a door to the left.

  27. The next evening, about midnight, Nathan was walking about the foyer of the Opera with a mask on his arm, to whom he was attending in a sufficiently conjugal manner.

  28. Presently, Nathan, who had been hunting up and down the foyer like a dog looking for its master, returned to the spot where the mask had addressed him.

  29. This enclosure communicates with another of somewhat larger dimensions,--a kind of foyer where the public gathers while waiting for the combats.

  30. In this foyer even the least intelligent takes part in the discussion, while the man of most hasty judgment conscientiously investigates the matter, weighs, examines, extends the wings, feels the muscles of the cocks.

  31. She and Corthell were out in the foyer behind the boxes.

  32. In words he never referred to their conversation in the foyer of the Auditorium; only by some unexplained subtlety of attitude he managed to convey to her the distinct impression that he loved her always.

  33. The others went out to look down upon the foyer from a certain balcony.

  34. Between foyer and auditorium were palms, with orchids and other tropical flowers.

  35. He stepped across a curtain of hot air that blew up from a narrow slit in the deck and found himself in the main foyer of Chilblains Base.

  36. The foyer was a large room, about fifty by fifty feet in area and nearly twenty feet high.

  37. It was dark out there, but he could see the figure; therefore he would be able to see the foyer lights.

  38. The foyer was empty, and, like the one at the rocket landing, protected from the Antarctic blast only by a curtain of hot air.

  39. Mike ignored the snowscape and headed across the empty foyer to the door marked entrance.

  40. It's an open foyer like the one at the landing field, so you'll have to put your parka back on.

  41. In the middle of the foyer to which I was taken was a grand piano about which there were twenty chairs arranged in a semi-circle.

  42. No sooner was I in the musicians' foyer than I was blown like a feather into my confreres arms, which I grabbed as hard as I could, for I now understood the trick.

  43. That kindly, eminent master took me to the foyer where the rehearsals were to be held.

  44. All the contestants were shut up in the foyer of the concert hall of the Conservatoire to wait until their names were called.

  45. So it was advertized all over the foyer on huge yellow placards; and a new Brünnhilde was to take her place.

  46. The crowd melted away gradually; the doors of the foyer closed; the harsh cries of the speculators died in the distance.

  47. I was dozin' in the foyer and she tripped over her cue so hard she woke me up.

  48. Outside in the foyer I found Lawrence at my elbow.

  49. When I met him and the Wilderlings in the foyer of the theatre I saw at once that he was greatly changed.

  50. In the brilliantly-lit foyer of the hotel an orchestra was discoursing music to a crowd of visitors, who lounged or promenaded at their sweet will.

  51. Raife devoured this vision with his eyes before crossing the foyer to her.

  52. As he descended to the foyer for a final smoke, and that refreshment we have christened a "nightcap," he glanced upstairs again hoping to gain a final glimpse of his beloved.

  53. Gilda was in the foyer talking to Sir Raife Remington.

  54. He rose from his seat and crossing the foyer glanced up as her transcendingly beautiful but fragile form swept with a stately grace along the landing.

  55. The foyer was almost deserted, and Raife dropped his book just out of reach.

  56. The balcony piazza and foyer of an hotel are very like the deck of an ocean steamer, and it is not possible for an invalid to resist the advances of those who wish to be polite and render aid.

  57. Raife sat in the foyer once more, and Mr Muirhead came across to him with an air of urbanity.

  58. It gave Bambi unbelievable pleasure to read the announcements on the billboards, and to stand in front of the three-sheets in the foyer of the theatre.

  59. The foyer of the Plaza was like a reception.

  60. They made their way to the little theatre, in a leisurely manner, to find the street blocked with motor cars, the sidewalk and foyer crowded with fashionable women, fully half an hour before the lecture was announced.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foyer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    entrance; entry; fireplace; fireside; foyer; hall; hearth; home; homestead; household; ingle; lobby; lounge; menage; passage; portal; portico; roof; threshold; vestibule