He was not injured badly, as such things went in the zenana, meaning he would not die of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

I had not remembered that the zenana was so large.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The surviving women of the zenana huddled in groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

"Yes, I did some school work, but more zenana work.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Missionary Twig] Reference

I sat cross-legged on my couch and watched the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Then they were gone, and the zenana buzzed with relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Days, nights ... time was mean­ingless, in the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Like the women of the zenana, they had seen it last night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Uru-Azag, entering the zenana, checked at the sight of me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

By now, nearly half the zenana had crowded around to watch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

There was news, in the zenana; the Bhodistani woman was dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

"Now I will tell you something of zenana visiting," she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Missionary Twig] Reference

Too restless to remain still, I got up and wandered the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Behind us, the women of the zenana overran Erich, pushing hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

There was a silence in the zenana as he mounted the short stair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

AFTER THAT, I was regarded with a certain fearful awe in the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

A dozen, at least, much to the amusement of the women of the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

They do not understand I am planting the seeds of death in my zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Afterward, in the zenana, I asked Rushad how the vahmyâcam was made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

And under their onslaught, the women of the zenana died in droves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

His decree of last night held; the women of the zenana were fair game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Only in the zenana of Daršanga would that question sound so nat­ural.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Somewhere in the zenana, someone clapped; someone loosed a shrill laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

And there will be two guards posted at the upper entrance to the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

It would en­danger the entire zenana to speak them openly, would it not?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Someone scratched at the latticed door to the zenana — a Drujani soldier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The women of the zenana helped to dress me, combining their skills and means.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The words resounded like a whip-crack in the zenana, an echoing silence following.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

In the dim light of the zenana, the crimson gown glowed, shimmering with gold trim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Ignoring it, I walked the length and breadth of the zenana, considering escape routes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The Ephesian boy, the last surviving child in the zenana other than Imriel, died of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The level of noise grew as the men drank, and the women of the zenana entered the hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Of anyone in the zenana, the Akkadians despised me the least, despising themselves more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The zenana was guarded, the Akkadian eunuchs wearing short, curved knives at their belts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Later I learned that she took it upon herself always to speak to newcomers to the zenana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

In the silence, she rose from her couch and picked her way across the zenana to confront me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

I lack them; I do not have words to describe the courage of the women of the zenana in this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

The zenana was stirring, attendants bringing wheat-porridge on platters, and honey to a select few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]