Then, throwing aside the pen, and exhausted by so great an effort, he gently glided down upon the divan, at the same time ringing for a servant whom he directed to bring his breakfast and afterward to summon all the cooks and scullions to his cabinet. He then stretched himself with eminent grace upon the divan, as he had seen the major- domo do; with a serious thoughtfulness he sipped the glass of Malvoisie the servant had brought him, with sundry /pates/ and rare /entremets/.英文原著 · 《The Daughter of an Empress》
She went below to the room her ladyship usually went to first on her return at night from any gathering, and there she found her sitting as though she had dropped there in the corner of a great divan, her hands hanging clasped before her on her knee, her head hanging forward on her fallen chest, her large eyes staring into space.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
She left her divan and stood upright, the colour having come back to her face; but the look Anne worshipped not having returned with it, 'twas as though Mistress Clorinda Wildairs had been born again.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
By her great divan the dead man had fallen, and so near to it he lay that one arm was hidden by the draperies; and at this moment this she saw--before having seemed to see nothing but the death in his face. A thought came to her like a flame lit on a sudden, and springing high the instant the match struck the fuel it leaped from. It was a thought so daring and so strange that even she gasped once, being appalled, and her hands, stealing to her brow, clutched at the hair that grew there, feeling it seem to rise and stand erect.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
She went to a table--'twas close to the divan, so close that if she had thrust forth her foot she could have touched what lay beneath it--and wrote hastily a few lines. They were to request That which was stiffening within three feet of her to return to her as quickly as possible that she might make inquiries of an important nature which she had forgotten at his departure.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
'Twas always upon the divan she took her place when she received her visitors, who were accustomed to finding her enthroned there. This afternoon when she came into the room she paused for a space, and stood beside it, the parlour being yet empty. She felt her face grow a little cold, as if it paled, and her under-lip drew itself tight across her teeth.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
But, Earl, is prince charming, or is he just a diva in purple?美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
You're the only one with enough grit to play the part, and we can age you down in post, but I'm gonna tell you right now, I'm not gonna put up with any woe-is-me bullshit or diva histrionics.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》