Explore Settee through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like settle or bench. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Settee in a sentence
Settee meaning
A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
Using Settee
- The main meaning on this page is: A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
- Useful related words include: settle, bench, sofa, couch.
- In the example corpus, settee often appears in combinations such as: the settee, settee and, settee into.
Context around Settee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Settee
- In this selection, "settee" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antique, single, old, next, fell and bed stand out and add context to how "settee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a leather settee and albeit grand settee alongside daughters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "settee" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with settee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I sat on the settee next to him. (8 words)
How do you get chewing gum off a leather settee? (10 words)
Inside, the central console folds away, turning the floating bench seat into a settee. (14 words)
Like a contemporary day bed, there’s not much shifting around needed to swiftly turn your settee into a bed – simply remove the cushions and pull out the seat to extend (or rather glide it out, with its integrated TouchGlide technology). (41 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)
Anthony Brocklesby told the woman, “all she needed was the right man” and when her sister fell asleep in the front room he grabbed her and pinned her down on the settee. (32 words)
How do you get chewing gum off a leather settee? (10 words)
Example sentences (14)
Anthony Brocklesby told the woman, “all she needed was the right man” and when her sister fell asleep in the front room he grabbed her and pinned her down on the settee.
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.
There were no injuries to the body which was found on the single settee in the downstairs flat.
They'd drag an old settee into the back garden to use as a stage.
They were raising funds to buy a settee for their local hospital, in memory of one of their husbands - John Baker - who died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1998.
I sat on the settee next to him.
Like a contemporary day bed, there’s not much shifting around needed to swiftly turn your settee into a bed – simply remove the cushions and pull out the seat to extend (or rather glide it out, with its integrated TouchGlide technology).
The Rosslyn is a stylish, mid-century-inspired sofa bed that’s comfy enough to use as your main settee.
Edita Butkeviciut was on a break from her work when the three-piece settee fell on top of her.
With thoughtful design, it offers storage space alongside its three-way use as a settee, bed and further guest bed.
How do you get chewing gum off a leather settee?
Inside, the central console folds away, turning the floating bench seat into a settee.
In another, his former television presenter wife Queen Letizia sits on an albeit grand settee alongside daughters Princesses Leonor, 12, and Sofia, 10.
Tired and depressed, he sat down on the settee, and settling himself in a corner he closed his eyes.
Common combinations with settee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: