All 7 Uses

alcove
in
City of Lost Souls
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Jace made an impatient noise, and then he was moving through the crowd again, drawing her after him and into one of the shadowy alcoves that lined the walls.†
Chpt 13
There were dozens of these circular alcoves, each lined with a stone bench and provided with a velvet curtain that could be pulled closed to provide a modicum of privacy.†
Chpt 13
It was dark in the alcove, so dark that Jace was only an outline of shadows and gold.†
Chpt 13 *
Sebastian drew aside the dusty velvet curtain that closed off the alcove, and smiled.†
Chpt 13
Sebastian drew a dagger from his belt and twirled it, the very little light in the alcove sparking off the blade.†
Chpt 13
She pulled up the straps of her dress and stumbled to the curtain that hid the alcove, yanking it open.†
Chpt 13
Images tumbled through her mind like shaken confetti: the junk shop in Prague, her gold leaf-ring falling away into darkness, Jace holding her in the alcove in the club, the glass tanks of dead bodies.†
Chpt 15

Definitions:

(1) (alcove)
a recessed or secluded space -- such as in a room or garden

The alcove of a room is a smaller room attached to a larger room and separated by an arch or other architectural feature other than a door.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)