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Meanings of vacant chair in English

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Usage of vacant chair in English
1
Orsino re-entered the room and took the vacant chair beside the bed.
Don Orsino
2
Just then Mr. Tudor had taken the other vacant chair beside me.
Uncle Max
3
She came along and took a vacant chair next to Edith Whyland.
Under the Skylights
4
Refusing to acknowledge his existence Palgrave guided Joan towards a vacant chair.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
5
There was a vacant chair by her side to which she pointed.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
6
The morning dawn revealed the broken circle, the vacant chair in the family.
Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
7
He reached the table and sat down without invitation in the vacant chair.
Uneasy Money
8
The vacant chair across the little table added to the plaintiveness.
Stubble
9
Forell glanced at the vacant chair across the table from him and sighed.
Indirection
10
He walked towards the vacant chair and seated himself on it.
The Hampstead Mystery
11
He was received, and invited to take the vacant chair at the table.
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State o...
12
Bailey took the vacant chair between Rachel Guest and Monny Gilder.
It Happened in Egypt
13
The only difference being that there was here and there a vacant chair.
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
14
After formally acknowledging our greetings, Helena took her place in the vacant chair.
Julian
15
There is a skeleton in every house, a vacant chair at every table.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
16
Bursting out of the crowd, Helen approached them, and took a vacant chair.
The Voyage Out
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Vacant chair through the time
Vacant chair across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common