How do you use Armchair in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like chair, plus the exact meaning.
Armchair meaning
- A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
- A position removed from that which one is
Synonyms of Armchair
Using Armchair
- The main meaning on this page is: A chair with supports for the arms or elbows. | A position removed from that which one is
- Useful related words include: chair.
- In the example corpus, armchair often appears in combinations such as: an armchair, the armchair, and armchair.
Context around Armchair
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Armchair
- In this selection, "armchair" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chickenhawks, cozy, think, took, misery and rested stand out and add context to how "armchair" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cozy armchair at canopy and a warm armchair and sipping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "armchair" sits close to words such as abbotsford, abreast and adkins, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with armchair
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pullman Style Dining: Think armchair seating, crisp linen and fine crockery. (11 words)
Roads were caked in mud, foliage and various debris, including an upturned armchair. (13 words)
Can I still take my old sofa or armchair to Lynnbottom or Afton tips? (14 words)
The third child, Ralf, concocted a tale in which a snowball yearned to be indoors sitting in a warm armchair and sipping a pina colada no less, but instead is destined to remain outside in the cold. (37 words)
As of now, we have furniture, including tables and chairs, an antique settee and armchair, a set of four oak chairs, chest of drawers, small desk and rocker, all in very good condition. (33 words)
The rounded sides and seemingly pinched center of their new Tortello sofa and armchair (shown) — their first venture into soft furnishing for the brand — give the pieces a striking resemblance to stuffed pasta. (33 words)
Can I still take my old sofa or armchair to Lynnbottom or Afton tips? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
A comfortable lounge and armchair took up the bulk of the room, with a desk located in the corner next to the TV.
As a result, when armchair misery mongers decried Bridgwater in the pages of ‘The Knowhere Guide’ it was Strummer who jumped to our defence.
As it hits the plate, it should recline as one does on an armchair after a long day.
As of now, we have furniture, including tables and chairs, an antique settee and armchair, a set of four oak chairs, chest of drawers, small desk and rocker, all in very good condition.
Can I still take my old sofa or armchair to Lynnbottom or Afton tips?
Elsewhere, an armchair rested on a floor that tilted precariously down, like the top of a staved-in box.
However, that’s not to say there aren’t flaws within the armchair detective community.
It is easy to pass judgment on an unfortunate, rare event from the disconnected comfort of an armchair.
I've heard this 'love it or leave' crap in America by chickenhawks, armchair generals, and lippy neo-fascists here in the USA.
Kutcher said that “Armchair Expert” with Dax Shepherd in February 2018 was a show where they don’t let the public know.
Move the desk to the living room and bring an armchair into your bedroom to create a reading nook (or a place to throw your sweater).
One armchair sleuth did some digging and wasted no time in tracking the man down online.
Or, looking at it another way, an armchair anthropologist,” Koren told an interviewer in 2012.
Or, slip into a cozy armchair at Canopy Central Café and watch residents preparing to set sail from the adjoining Wharf Marina.
Pullman Style Dining: Think armchair seating, crisp linen and fine crockery.
Roads were caked in mud, foliage and various debris, including an upturned armchair.
The latest series of drew to a close in June, and while it left many disappointed, thankfully we know the armchair critics will be back on our screen very soon.
The rounded sides and seemingly pinched center of their new Tortello sofa and armchair (shown) — their first venture into soft furnishing for the brand — give the pieces a striking resemblance to stuffed pasta.
The third child, Ralf, concocted a tale in which a snowball yearned to be indoors sitting in a warm armchair and sipping a pina colada no less, but instead is destined to remain outside in the cold.
Without even asking whether it is true, much of today’s armchair Freudian philosophizing suggests any limitation on sexual expression harms the healthiest ideal.
Common combinations with armchair
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an armchair 22×
- the armchair 7×
- and armchair 6×
- armchair critics 5×
- armchair and 4×
- armchair to 3×
- armchair detective 3×
- that armchair 3×
- armchair detectives 3×
- when armchair 2×