For nine years this had been the loved family-room of Duncan and Ellice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference

• Confine food to the kitchen and dining areas, or at least to a family-room table.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Avoid Housework] Reference

He remembered that the family-room door d/d have a lock and he planned to show no mercy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura's Baby]

When that family-room couch starts to look tired and dingy, it's tempting to throw a blanket on it or just throw it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving the Old Family Couch a Good Sudsing] Reference

Once the family-room door was closed and he heard the satisfying click of the lock, he could concentrate fully on Laura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura's Baby]

How to Hold a Football That same afternoon, coach Myers sat on her family-room sofa with her feet propped on a coffee table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Grass Ceiling] Reference

The decor is country French -- chintz and damask, with wood paneling and floors, and a fire burning in the family-room fireplace.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE HOUSE OF HILTON] Reference

Our house was built in 1984, and a textured coating was later added to the family-room ceiling, possibly to hide stains from a leak.    From Wordnik.com.  [High-efficiency toilet could yield up to $90 of yearly water-cost savings] Reference

The detective had lots of plans for it and for his little family, including a garage and a family-room extension for a big-screen TV and ESPN.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captured by Moonlight] Reference

We may move things around, open up doorways, give up on the family-room corner idea, have a more open kitchen and possibly have a full bath downstairs, which actually seems like a good idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference

With their low-tech IQs, TVs encourage a lot of family-room multitasking: While watching the big screen TV, lots of people are looking away to surf the Web with the computer on their lap or the mobile device in their hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo Widgets Lend Brains to Boob Tube] Reference

It's always an issue with remodeling jobs, but when home values were soaring by double-digit rates annually and financing was easy, many homeowners indulged their desires for soaring family-room ceilings and expensive bath fixtures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeowners again look at remodeling, but landscape has changed after recession] Reference

Paul's eyes were jaundiced; he sat moodily watching the lighted window off in the darkness, through which he could catch glimpses of the family-room within: he called it a pitiful tragedy going on there; yet it seemed to be a cheerful and hearty life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference

The others were in the family-room, which was also dining-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Other Girls] Reference

When Corey's card was brought into the family-room where he and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Silas Lapham] Reference

Bell knocking at family-room doors with Internet-based TV service.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

There's a good-sized family-room addition that leads to a large backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slate Magazine] Reference

The family-room rug, which didn't look quite right with the old sofas, got a reprieve.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

Yet there was nothing, absolutely nothing in this well-lighted, cozy family-room to awaken fear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mayor's Wife] Reference

Many sessions hammered into my brain this word describing the family-room connection of all things digital.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

Re-entering the family-room in a meditative state, Miss Bella was received by the irrepressible Lavinia with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Mutual Friend] Reference

The door and window of the family-room were open, and Dr. Deane, walking softly upon the thick grass, saw that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Kennett] Reference

The family-room aesthetic was handed down by Andre Laguerre, a raffish Frenchman and ex-DeGaulle associate who edited.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slate Magazine] Reference

Cindy Grier, of Naperville, on the other hand, wanted to update her family-room cabinetry, which was stuck in the 1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Tears rolled down the tired faces of three women who sat side by side on a family-room couch Friday afternoon in Puyallup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Officer.com: Top News Stories]

The stores include family-room settings, where shoppers can try out FiOS Internet, FiOS TV and FiOS TV's innovative DVR products.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

A busy weekend had finally come to an end when Miss K. Mullins sat on the family-room couch to fold a basketful of clothes on Sept. 10, 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Activity on African American Opinion - Social and Political Networking] Reference

In preparation for the interview I had slipped into Grace's hand a piece of paper, on which was written "meet me in the family-room, precisely at six!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference

He led the way into the family-room at the back and, taking the candle from the high mantel, moved it triumphantly over the beds in which the children slept.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim] Reference

Leave it to Mom to find a store full of things she thought she’d die without—a digital meat thermometer, throw pillows for the family-room sofa, a foot massager.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Limit] Reference

"Miss Grace tell me come here, Masser Mile, and say she wish to see you in de family-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference

Penelope wants to see you, "he said; and, indicating the family-room, he added," She's in there, "and did not go back himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Silas Lapham] Reference